While the offense of the Philadelphia Phillies has picked it up a bit as of late (thanks, Chooch), it’s still hardly a well-oiled machine. It’s not the one-run debacle that it was earlier this season, but they could use help. And according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, that help could be on the way in [...]
Did you miss the battle between Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and home plate umpire Bob Davidson this week? It was pretty great. Manuel got upset that Davidson got in Brian Schneider’s way as he tried to grab strike three in the dirt. Schneider couldn’t get the ball and the dude was safe at first [...]
The 2012 season has not been too good to the Philadelphia Phillies. They’ve been in last place most of the season and just got their first three-game winning streak of the season on Tuesday. Not good for a team with a huge payroll and World Series aspirations. Now, the team gets some more good news. [...]
Ken Rosenthal’s report makes it clear that no trade is immediate, nor is one likely. But, he says that the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies have discussed possible trades including Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino. It sounds ridiculous, but not when you consider that the Phillies are in last place in the NL East [...]
On Sunday night, Philadelphia Phillies stud Cole Hamels mowed down the Washington Nationals both literally and figuratively. He gave up just one run through eight innings, and also made sure he plunked Bryce Harper in the first inning. That wasn’t seemingly a big deal, except that he admitted after the game that he did it [...]
The Washington Nationals have been pretty damn excited lately and they’ve had good reason to be. They are off to an 18-10 start and own first place in the NL East. However, they’re taking on a bit of water. 3B Ryan Zimmerman is already hurt, as is Michael Morse, who was supposed to the be [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies might have one of the worst lineups in all of baseball. Check that, they do have one of the worst lineups in all of baseball. I don’t even have the stats in front of me, but I’ve learned enough through empirical data. Many fans in Philly can’t wait for the return of [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies just keep rolling. It’s not enough that they struggle to even score one run against poor pitchers, but now they keep getting good news. First, we found out that Cliff Lee had to go on the 15-day DL with a side strain. Now? The one guy they have who can hit the [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies are off to a rough start. They are hovering around .500 while the rest of the division (minus the Marlins of course) is thriving. Not only that, their offense is absolutely butt awful. So, they’ll need that starting pitching, huh? Of course they will! Well, they better hope some other people step [...]
There has been a ton of speculation about Philadelphia Phillies 2B Chase Utley. He’s got chronic knee conditions (not a specific injury, mind you) and he hasn’t done much of anything all spring training in terms of doing baseball stuff. So what’s wrong? How bad are his knees? Will he play in 2012? Is he [...]
Dontrelle Willis used to be a hell of a pitcher. And while those days are long gone, he did pitch surprisingly well for the Cincinnati Reds last season, holding lefties to a .127 batting average. He was good enough to persuade the Philadelphia Phillies to sign him to a minor-league contract this offseason. Too bad [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies ran away with the NL East last year. Their pitching was filthy and their hitting was, well, good enough. But, while many are picking them to win the division again this year, they are taking on water at an alarming rate. Ryan Howard tore his Achilles tendon while making the final out [...]
Last season in spring training, it was an injured hand that sidelined Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Domonic Brown. It set him back a bit and Brown does not need any of that. He used to be one of the top prospects in all of baseball (agreed to by just about everyone), but since has struggled [...]
File this under “things I didn’t see happening this February.” On the final out of the Philadelphia Phillies season, Ryan Howard grounded out and popped his Achilles tendon as he headed towards first base. Not only had the Phillies lost – falling way short of expectations – but they now had their superstar piled in [...]
The sports world is stunned today as they have learned that Pat Burrell plans to retire. The 35-year old has had foot problems that will just make it too painful to continue. He told the AP back in November that it’s too problematic to keep playing, even though he wasn’t sure of his decision at [...]
You can never have enough depth. For the Philadelphia Phillies, that depth is needed in the outfield. Shane Victorino is back in centerfield, but they are trusting John Mayberry to play a full season in left and maybe hoping that Dom Brown emerges in right after competing with some of the average joe’s they signed [...]
It’s a good thing that we added a question mark to our last item regarding the Philadelphia Phillies and SS Jimmy Rollins agreeing to a deal, because it never took place. It seemed like it was about to happen for a while, but it just hasn’t gone down. Now, Scott Miller of CBS Sports is [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies had to be seriously considering a back-up option in case they couldn’t sign SS Jimmy Rollins, who had said that he had no interest in giving the club a hometown discount. But what would that option be? Freddie Galvis just isn’t ready to take over the shortstop position for a team with [...]
We mentioned earlier today that the Philadelphia Phillies were reportedly moving on from Ryan Madson and focusing their attention on Boson Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. Well, that does indeed seem to be the case. Because Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com is reporting that the Philies have reached an agreement with Papelbon and he’ll become a [...]
It was widely believed earlier this week that the Philadelphia Phillies were poised to sign a contract with Ryan Madson for four years and about $44 million. However, some reports say a deal was never in place and that Ruben Amaro backed out of the deal. Now, according to Jayson Stark on Twitter, the Phillies [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies still have “99 Problems but a Pitch Ain’t One,” but they will have less pitching in 2012. At least, as of right now they will, but the 2011 season isn’t even over yet, so that doesn’t mean much. The team has declined the options on two pitchers who at various points in [...]
Philadelphia Phillies ace (one of them) Cole Hamels is coming off of his best season as a professional. He had a 2.79 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP to go with a 14-9 record. We don’t really care about W/L record for pitchers so you can throw that out. His other numbers are close to filthy. [...]
It’s easy to blame Cliff Lee for the Philadelphia Phillies meltdown in the ALDS because he was given a four-run lead that, if held, would have lead to a sweep. But, it’s not too difficult to blame the bats when Doc Halladay holds the St. Louis Cardinals to one run in Game 5 and they [...]
With the Philadelphia Phillies tied with the St. Louis Cardinals at 2-2 and facing Game 5 tonight, you’d think there needs to be some sort of explanation. Sure, the Cardinals have a nice team, but nothing compared to this Phillies team that is stacked to bejesus and back with pitching. The easy scapegoat has been [...]
In Tuesday’s Game 3 win, The Philadelphia Phillies replaced Raul Ibanez with John Mayberry, Jr. The St. Louis Cardinals had lefthander Jaime Garcia throwing yesterday, so they decided to use Mayberry’s right-handed bat. But, with righty Edwin Jackson throwing on Wednesday for the Cardinals, the Phillies have but Ibanez back in the lineup. In the [...]
