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Having last pitched 11 days prior, Spencer Howard picked up his first major-league win Monday night against the Washington Nationals in an 8-6 Phillies victory.

Free agent acquisition Zack Wheeler is showing he has been worth every penny of his five-year $118 million deal for the Phillies.

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A single one-inning pitching performance made Wilson Valdez a cult hero in Philadelphia.  Accordingly when Wilson Valdez was traded this offseason for left-handed reliever Jeremy Horst, widespread irrational panic broke out among Phillies fans.   Despite our Mike Frohwirth explaining that Wilson Valdez is not good at baseball at all, people worried about the Phillies […]

Photo: Philliedelphia/Lindsey Crew After Friday's washout against Tampa Bay, the Phillies found themselves facing their first doubleheader of the year.   This is also the Phillies first opportunity to take advantage of a new opportunity afforded to teams in the new Major League Baseball collective bargaining agreement. Teams that have a day-night doubleheader may add […]

Courtesy Gazettes.com The Phillies used their first pick this draft (40th overall) to draft Shane Watson, a high school pitcher from Lakewood California. The Yankees blog River Avenue Blues had this scouting report on Watson: Listed at 6-foot-4 and 200 lbs., Watson’s bread and butter pitch is one of the best curveballs in the entire […]

Posted by Frank Klose So, Yahoo already botched Hunter Pence's new uniform number.   Pence's player card has since been fixed. However, shortly after noticing the #5, loyal reader Jeremy a.k.a. @jjbuttons noticed another flub on Yahoo sports. Wilson Valdez is listed on the Phillies' roster as a pitcher: If you don't trust the screen cap, […]