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View image | gettyimages.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The market for free agent southpaw Cliff Lee appears to be heating up, so much so that the 13-year veteran is out of the price range for two American League West clubs, the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers, according to reports. A's Executive Vice President of Baseball […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – Hall of Famer Jerry Colangelo, the Philadelphia 76ers' new chairman of basketball operations, joined SportsRadio 94 WIP's "Angelo Cataldi and The Morning Team" Tuesday morning to discuss his new role within the organization.
View image | gettyimages.com Third basemen Maikel Franco and Kris Bryant have filed grievances against their respective teams, the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, for being "kept in the minor leagues unnecessarily" and having their service time manipulated "to delay future free agency," according to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. Passan writes: Potential service-time […]
(Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/geronimo819) PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies have outrighted left-hander Joely Rodriguez to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, according to Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal. Rodriguez, 24, was 7-10 with a 6.12 ERA and a 1.693 WHIP ratio last season combined with the IronPigs and Reading Fightin Phils. The southpaw was acquired from the […]
View image | gettyimages.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In addition to having top priority on the waiver wire and owning the first overall pick in the June first-year player draft, general manager Matt Klentak and the Philadelphia Phillies will select first in the annual Rule 5 draft, which will be held Thursday morning at the […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – Prior to signing a one-year deal with the Detroit Tigers for the Major League Baseball minimum salary on Sunday, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia reportedly drew interest from "six or seven clubs," one of which included the Philadelphia Phillies, according to MLBTradeRumors.com. Saltalamacchia, 30, hit .225/.310/.435 with 15 doubles, nine home […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles reportedly showed interest this offseason in signing 10-year veteran outfielder Chris Young, according to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN. Heard today that #phillies and #orioles were both interested in Chris Young before #redsox laid a 2-yr, $13M payday on him. — Jerry Crasnick […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – New Phillies general manager Matt Klentak has made use of the team owning top priority on the waiver wire this offseason, having claimed three right-handers: Dan Otero, A.J. Achter and Michael Mariot from the Oakland A’s, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals, respectively. On Wednesday, the Phillies claimed […]
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies have claimed outfielder Peter Bourjos off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Yep, confirmed. source: center fielder Peter Bourjos claimed off waivers by #phillies. #cardinals have not yet confirmed. — Derrick Goold (@dgoold) December 2, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros are reportedly discussing a trade involving closer Ken Giles, according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. The Phillies have shown interest in right-handers Lance McCullers and Vincent Velasquez, per Crasnick's sources. #Astros and #Phillies recently discussed Ken Giles. #Phillies brought up Lance McCullers […]
