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Posted by Kevin Durso The halfway point of the season is now officially upon us, an after playing 91 games, the Phillies are sitting atop the standings in all of baseball. Just as we all expected, right? Well, maybe not completely as expected, because this Phillies’ season has been anything but ordinary so far. With […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy of Michael Schwimer's Twitter Page Last night, both Justin DeFratus and Phillippe Aumont shared the news via twitter: The Phillies are in uncharted territory: next year or soon thereafter they could have one strong, homegrown bullpen. In recent years, the Phillies have converted some of their starters into relievers with […]
Photo courtesy of Phillies.com The night started off promising for the Phillies – they jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on the road, had one of their four aces on the mound, and were facing the Braves bullpen after only two innings. Despite having much in their favor, the Phillies did anything but cruise […]
Posted by Mike Frohwirth Closer Jose Contreras joined previous closer Brad Lidge on the Disabled List on Sunday, further depleting the Phillies' bullpen. It's easy to look at Contreras' workload over the past week (four appearances in five days/five appearances in seven days), and conclude that Phillies' Manager Charlie Manuel overworked the veteran reliever, which […]