Signing Marlon Byrd: Is Ruben Looking at Analytics?
In a relatively surprising move, as my colleague Mike has already outlined, the Phillies have brought back former Phillies top…
Read moreReport: Phillies Working On Major Deal For Jose Bautista
The internet is buzzing. Earlier tonight, Howard Eskin of Fox 29 tweeted this: I'm told #phillies working on…
Read moreCarlos Ruiz Has An Offer Of At Least $10 Million A Year; Rockies Offer Two Years Plus Option Year
People were upset that Marlon Byrd at 36 years old got $8 million a year for two years. How about…
Read moreThe Marlon Byrd Phillies Deal Is Not As Bad As Some Make It Out To Be
So the Twitterverse is freaking out. It's somewhat about Marlon Byrd, but fans seem to care more about the dollar…
Read morePhillies Reportedly In On A.J. Pierzynski Should Ruiz Leave
Part of me thinks it's a negotation tactic. But, the report is out there. Jayson Stark of ESPN is…
Read moreReport: Phillies To Sign Marlon Byrd
Marlon Byrrrrd. Give it your best John Houseman pronounciation. The former Phillies draft pick is reportedly coming back to…
Read morePhillies Could Be Players For Japanese Ace Masahiro Tanaka
Some good news for Phillies fans came yesterday from the winter meetings. The good news is that the Phillies…
Read morePhillies Will Not Be In On Big Names; Will Consider Franklin Gutierrez, Marlon Byrd, Others
If you are a Phillies fan looking to get excited, you are dreaming of Jacoby Ellsbury, Shin Soo Choo, and…
Read moreMiguel Gonzalez Assigned Uniform Number; Justin De Fratus Switches
The Phillies updated their roster today on their website to reflect some uniform numbers. I suppose the team wanted to…
Read moreCarlos Ruiz To Decide Soon; Joe Mauer Shows Importance of Catching
Today Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins announced that he would become a full-time first baseman in 2014 after battling…
Read moreBraves Will Ditch The City Of Atlanta In 2017
If the Phillies ever moved to King of Prussia, how would that go over in the City of Philadelphia? The…
Read morePhillies “Willing To Listen” On Domonic Brown, Ben Revere
Jayson Stark of ESPN appeared on the "Sports Bash" with Mike Gill of 97.3 ESPN Atlantic City to talk about…
Read morePhillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. Says He Won’t Wait For Carlos Ruiz
The Phillies appear to be taking a stance that is making it even clearer that the Phillies and Carlos Ruiz…
Read morePhillies Are Having Trouble Finding Someone To Be Their Pitching Coach
Pete Vuckovich (right) with Wesley Snipes in the movie Major League The Phillies keep striking out looking for a pitching…
Read morePhillies Hire A Numbers Guy… To Widespread Skepticism
Scott Freedman, Courtesy Indiana University I am a couple days behind reflecting on this, but the Phillies announced earlier in…
Read moreCarlos Ruiz Probably A Good Bet To Depart Phillies
The Phillies waited. And waited. And then despite hanging around the team for a bit, Carlos Ruiz went home to…
Read morePhillies Prospect Roman Quinn Tears Achillies
Bad news for the Phillies. Shortstop Roman Quinn, one of the Phillies top prospects, has torn his Achilles while working…
Read moreReport: Phillies “Kick Around” Trading For Rays Pitcher David Price
The latest from Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports had a few Phillies tidbits. One of them was that the Phillies…
Read moreDetroit Tigers Slugger Miguel Cabrera Is In Philadelphia
Detroit Tigers superstar third baseman Miguel Cabrera underwent successful surgery to repair a core muscle last week here in Philadelphia….
Read morePhillies Could Have An Advantage Should They Want To Pursue Carlos Beltran
The Phillies received some good news yesterday – provided they are interested in free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran. Yesterday, the…
Read moreNo Surprise: Roy Halladay And Carlos Ruiz Not Given Qualifying Offers By Phillies
As expected, the Phillies did not extend qualifying offers to pitcher Roy Halladay and catcher Carlos Ruiz, according to Todd…
Read moreRockies Interested in Catcher Carlos Ruiz, Who Has “Multiple Suitors”
The Phillies have yet to come to a contract agreement with catcher Carlos Ruiz, despite the fact they have had…
Read moreFormer Braves Pitching Coach Leo Mazzone Takes To Twitter To Tell Phillies He Is Interested
Wikipedia Commons Most baseball people have agents. Leo Mazzone has a Twitter account. Mazzone tweeted to the Phillies' Twitter…
Read moreRuben Amaro – The Bad Years (Part 2)
Part Four of a Multi-Part Look at Ruben’s Career as Phillies General Manager. We start to look at the abysmal…
Read moreThere Does Not Appear To Be A Manager Job For Charlie Manuel
Charlie Manuel still wants to manage. Manuel is not a quitter and not the type to ever want to give…
Read moreDarren Daulton Reportedly Stopped Mitch Williams From Attacking Lenny Dykstra At Autograph Show
Lenny Dykstra at today's signing, courtesy of John Papieka (@HFUJohn) Lenny Dykstra, fresh out of prison, apparently still knows how…
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