Understanding MLB’s New CBA
Embed from Getty Images Major League Baseball and their players agreed to a new CBA last night that will…
Read morePhillies Minor League Wind Down: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Top outfielding prospect Nick Williams, acquired in last July's Cole Hamels trade, makes a diving catch. (Steven Kiebach/Philliedelphia) The Philadelphia Phillies decided…
Read moreThe Phillies Future is Really Not Too Far Away
The 2008 parade down Broad Street might not feel so long ago, but if you go to Citizens Bank Park…
Read moreWeek One Phillies Notebook
Some notes on the first week that was: From the department of bad signs- Bourjos and Hunter have 18 at-bats…
Read moreThe Phillies Open 2016 in a Much Better Place
The Phillies are a better baseball team than they were a year ago, or even when they left town last…
Read moreThe Phillies Show Patience in Minor League Assignments
These guys will be in Reading, together. Photo by Rich Wilkins The Phillies had been playing close to the vest…
Read moreThe Phillies Roster Projection, 4/1
The Grapefruit League is done. The Phillies played in Reading last night, and they will be at Citizens Bank Park…
Read moreA Look at the Phillies Roster, 3/29
The Phillies have kept busy in the past few days. Gone to the minors are Adam Morgan, Luis Garcia, Elvis…
Read moreThe IronPigs Roster Project, 3/20
Eickhoff won't be back. Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I'm always excited for baseball season, and obviously i'm always pumped…
Read moreThe Phillies Roster Projection, 3/20
Believe it or not, Spring Training is almost over. We're a week from Easter, and just about two weeks from…
Read moreIf I Ran the Phillies…
I'm not the President of the Phillies. I'm not the General Manager of the Phillies either. I'm not the Manager….
Read moreThe Phillies outfield in the wake of the Aaron Altherr injury
Aaron Altherr batting against R.A. Dickey in Dunedin (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) The Phillies got some really bad news yesterday- Aaron…
Read moreExtremely Early, Start of Camp MLB Predictions
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I just did my 2016 MLB "Start of Spring Training" Predictions. All are subject…
Read moreA First Look at the Phillies and IronPigs Rosters
Believe it or not, this has the potential to be the most fun Spring Training any of us have ever…
Read moreWhile you dig out: a look at the 2016 Phillies, IronPigs rosters
I know we just got a record breaking snow storm yesterday, but we're under a month from Spring Training and…
Read morePhillies Roster Outlook, 12/14
With the trades and roster moves all done for now, the Phillies 40 man roster now has 40 guys on…
Read morePhillies Roster Update, 12/10
On the third day, the Phillies got busy. As the Winter Meetings wind down, the Phillies are busy adding and…
Read moreAn updated look at the Phillies 2016 roster
The Phillies are on an impressive off-season path, one in which they may not commit more than this season to…
Read moreA different kind of Phillies offseason is off and running
For a while there, Phillies fans became accustomed to big off-season moves. Jim Thome, Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, and even…
Read moreExpansion? Re-Alignment? How to Re-Make Baseball
Major League Baseball is talking expansion and re-alignment again. Commissioner Rob Manfred says MLB is considering expansion into Mexico, and…
Read moreLooking Ahead at the 2016 Phillies Potential Line-Up
The Phillies 2015 line-up was in a constant state of flux, with trades, injuries, demotions and promotions, and all other…
Read moreA Look at the 2016 Phillies Rotation
In six days, the Phillies 2015 season will mercifully end. Philadelphians will shift their attention to the other teams in…
Read moreThe Phillies Crowded 40 Man Roster and the Off-Season
Both of these guys could face the roster crunch this off-season. Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The Phillies have a…
Read moreWhich Phillies will get the call in September?
Mercifully, the Phillies have a little over a month left in the 2015 season. Soon, it will be September, and…
Read moreChase Utley, World Champ
Chase Utley is going to be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers, along with $2 million, for two minor leaguers…
Read moreChase Utley, Trades, and the Uncertainty of Tomorrow in Baseball
In the past I've been accused of not liking some of our 2008 Phillies' heroes, lately that being Chase…
Read moreThe Roster Shuffling of the Phillies
Now that the Phillies have traded away Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon, Jake Diekman, and Ben Revere, there's a ton of…
Read moreFreedom to Papelbon, freedom from Papelbon: So long to Paps
Jonathan Papelbon is the all-time saves leader in both Philadelphia and Boston, and he's 12th all-time. He's perfect on…
Read moreCongratulations Phillies fans, you’ve survived the worst of it
I was thinking about this after word broke that Cliff Lee was done for 2015, and probably retiring- Cliff Lee…
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