Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Starting today, I will do a daily update on the Phillies roster, and what I think it looks like. So, here we go. In my view, the top decision facing Ruben and Charlie is what to do with Domonic Brown. We all knew it would be in the end, right? The dude's insanely talented, and […]
Word out of San Francisco is that Matt Cain and the Giants are making strong progress towards a deal. The Giants and Matt Cain appear to have positive momentum in contract extension talks, based on this passage from Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com: From what I’ve been told, the two sides have reached greater common ground in recent weeks. […]
Well, having completed the infield, it's time to take a look at the Phillies Outfielding situation. At short and third they lack upper level depth, and at first and second they lack a clear direction for the future. In the outfield? There's talent, and questions. MAJOR LEAGUES- Starters- Shane Victorino Age 31. He has a little over […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins Back in the dead of winter, at the MLB Winter Meetings to be exact, the Marlins were being declared the "winners" of the meetings, having signed Heath Bell, Jose Reyes, and Mark Buehrle to deals, having already hired Ozzie Guillen to be their new Manager, and then trading for Carlos Zambrano, […]
It's time to take a look at short and third base for the spring. We already looked at first and second. Now we'll look at the other side of the infield. MAJOR LEAGUES Shortstop- Jimmy Rollins 33 years old. Over 11 years service time. Debuted in September of 2000. Signed a three year deal […]
Photo courtesy of Philly.com Philadelphia Phillies (31-19, NL East-1) @ New York Mets (23-26, NL East-4) Pitching Match-Ups: Roy Oswalt (3-2, 2.77) vs. Chris Capuano (3-5, 5.36) Cole Hamels (6-2, 3.06) vs. Mike Pelfrey (3-4, 5.37) Vance Worley (2-0, 2.14) vs. Jon Niese (3-5, 4.33) How the Opposition Rolls In- The Shea Faithful: I […]