Writer: Kevin Durso
Juan Pierre, John Mayberry Jr. and Hunter Pence could all be playing elsewhere by 2013. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) The Phillies are 45-57 this season. They lost 60 games all of last season. After winning five straight division titles, the run appears to be over for good. The Phillies are 16 1/2 games back in the NL East. They are 12 […]
Chase Utley is hitting .235 with five home runs and 14 RBIs in 23 games this season. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) From 2006 to 2010, Chase Utley and success went hand in hand. Utley was voted to start five straight All-Star Games. He was a part of the first four division-championship Phillies teams on a current five-year […]
Chase Utley is hitting .247 with four home runs and 13 RBIs in 22 games for the Phillies this season. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) When Chase Utley returned with a bang on June 27, it appeared to be the start of great things for the Phillies. But in Utley's first two weeks back, the Phillies lost 10 […]
Ryan Howard and the Phillies will face Brian McCann and the Braves in a crucial three-game series this weekend. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) The Phillies are 9-10 in July, with a win total matching their month of June. If not for a recent stretch of magic and fantastic finishes, it would be way worse, and the Phillies […]
Cole Hamels is reportedly close to a six-year extension with the Phillies. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) After winning three straight games in dramatic fashion, maybe things are turning around for the Phillies. One of the big things that say their not sellers: extending Cole Hamels. The Phillies appear to have done that. After making a six-year offer […]
Ty Wigginton and the Phillies are in LA for a three-game series with the Dodgers. The Dodgers swept the Phillies in a four-game series in Philadelphia in June. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) The Phillies not only won a series this past weekend, they won two games in a row for the first time since entering June 27, […]
I know this is a week old, but I used the All-Star Break to, well, take a break. I think with a 37-50 first half, we all needed a break. Anyway, before the unsettling finish to the Phillies' 5-0 loss to the Braves last Friday, Ryan Howard made a triumphant return. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) I was […]
Troy Tulowitzki remains out with an injury as the Phillies head to Colorado to face the Rockies. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) If there is going to be a huge comeback from the Phillies, it has to begin now. In the short term, the Phillies drew a good opponent. The Colorado Rockies are in fourth place in the […]
Jonathan Papelbon picked up the final out in the National League's 8-0 win in the 2012 All-Star Game last night. (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) The Phillies had three All-Stars in yesterday's All-Star Game. For some fans, it meant being glued to the television to see them. For others, this All-Star Game probably had no meaning. The Phillies […]
Ryan Howard is expected to make his season debut for the Phillies in Friday's series opener against the Braves (Philliedelphia/Kevin Durso) There's really no sense in going through the numbers again. You all get it by now. The last-place Phillies have a lot of work – probably too much work – to do to keep […]
