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Jon Heyman reports that the Phillies signed pitcher Erenesto Frieri to a minor league deal worth $850K in the majors. Upon the departure of closer Ken Giles, the Phillies are in need of a closer and Frieri could be a possibility. Frieri posted great numbers including a consistently fantastic strikeouts per 9 rate, throughout his first […]
CSN Philly's Jim Salisbury reports that the Phillies have avoided arbitration with infielder Andres Blanco and new outfielder Peter Bourjos. Blanco agreed to a one year contract worth $1.45 million. He thrived last season in his first full season with the big league club hitting .292/.360/.502 on top of his versatility as a utility infielder. As […]
View image | gettyimages.com Per Baseball America 's minor league transactions page, the Phillies have re-signed pitcher Chris Leroux. Leroux can most recently be seen pitching a few hours ago for Canada in the WBSC Premier12, throwing seven innings of run one ball against the Netherlands. Lots of familiar names on the Canada team such as Tyson […]
The Arizona Fall League held their annual Fall Stars Game last night, which gives baseball fans a nice quick dose of post World Series baseball and a look at various prospects in the game in All Star fashion. Representing the Phillies in this contest were Andrew Knapp and Edubray Ramos. Andrew Knapp played the final four […]
Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe tweets that according to sources, Matt Klentak will be named Phillies GM. Klentak has recently served as interim GM for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim over the summer after Jerry Dipoto resigned. The Angels have since hired Billy Eppler. Klentak has built a nice resume since playing shortstop for Dartmouth for […]
Per Jim Salisbury, the Phillies have decided that Aaron Nola will be shut down for the season. It was a nice note to end it on for last season's first round pick. Despite an extra inning loss, Nola pitched five shut out innings yesterday, striking out five and allowing no free passes. Nola finishes the season 6-2 […]
With the Mets' magic number at three to clinch the NL East, the Phillies can officially spoil it for the Nationals this weekend. Starting Pitching Matchup: Philadelphia Phillies (57-96) Washington Nationals (78-74) RHP Jerad Eickhoff RHP Jordan Zimmermann (1-3, 3.16 ERA) (13-8, 3.49 ERA) Jerad Eickhoff gets the ball to open up a four game […]
Starting Pitching Matchup: Philadelphia Phillies (57-95) Miami Marlins (65-87) RHP Alec Asher RHP Jarred Cosart (0-4, 9.78 ERA) (2-4, 4.43 ERA) Alec Asher is in search of a lot of things positive in his young major league career so far. First win, first quality start, and trim the ERA down some. Unlike his fellow rookie […]
View image | gettyimages.com Zach Links of MLBTR reports that the Phillies claimed Rockies southpaw Ken Roberts off waivers. In the same report, Roberts was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Roberts has not had the greatest season for Triple-A Albuquerque which is known as a hitters atmosphere with a 5.12 ERA but has a 28-4 K/BB […]
MLB.com Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki reports that pitcher Elvis Araujo has been placed on the 15-Day DL with a left groin strain which he suffered during last night's extra inning contest. Up until now, Araujo has enjoyed a successful first season in the majors. In 40 games (34.2 innings), the southpaw has pitched to a 3.38 […]