Writer: Matt Rappa

  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Phillies have signed RHP Sean O'Sullivan (27), RHP Kevin Slowey (30), and first-baseman Chris McGuiness (26) to minor-league contracts with invitations to Spring Training. O'Sullivan started two games for the Phillies last season, and appeared in three overall. In total, he allowed nine earned runs on 15 hits and two […]

  View image | gettyimages.com According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the Pittsburgh Pirates are the winning bidder for Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang. The Pirates' bid for Kang of $5,002,015 was accepted early Saturday morning by his Korea Professional Baseball team, the Nexen Heroes. Kang is the first position player ever to be posted from the Korea Baseball Organization. If […]

  View image | gettyimages.com According to SB Nation's Chris Cotillo, the Philadelphia Phillies are among the frontrunners for Korean shortstop Jung-ho Kang: Though the winning team is still unknown, one industry source with knowledge of Korea predicted that the Phillies or Nationals could be the frontrunners at this point. Philadelphia has focused some scouting on […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Long-time Cleveland Indian and current free-agent shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, 29, may have interest by the Philadephia Phillies according to Jerry Crasnick  of ESPN. The #Phillies could jump in on Asdrubal Cabrera, source says. But first Ruben Amaro Jr. would have to move some payroll. — Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) December 20, […]

  View image | gettyimages.com Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. spoke with 97.5 The Fanatic's Mike Missanelli Friday afternoon to discuss the Rollins trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers, as well as other pertinent issues relating to the club. One of the topics of discussion was Ryan Howard, who the team has been active this […]

  View image | gettyimages.com News broke early Saturday morning that a "yet-to-be-identified" Major League Baseball team has won the auction for South Korean, power-hitting shortstop Jung-ho Kang, with a bid of $5,002,015. Seeing that Kang had 40 home runs and 117 runs-batted-in in just 117 games in 2014, I was eager to learn more. Jeeho […]

  View image | gettyimages.com According to the Yonhap News Agency, a "yet-to-be-identified" big league club has won the bidding war for 27-year-old shortstop Jung-ho Kang. The Heroes made the decision just hours after the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) informed them of the result of the MLB-wide silent auction for the 27-year-old player. The Heroes […]

(Photo: Wikipedia Commons) Today, the Phillies traded away their perennial shortstop, Jimmy Rollins. This move is expected to be the first of many made by general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. this offseason to rebuild and get the franchise an influx of new, young talent for their farm system. Many presumed Rollins' departure would result in a […]

(Photo: Matt Rappa) For 6,751 days, Jimmy Rollins has been a member of the Philadelphia Phillies organization. In 2,031 games started over that span of time, Rollins has fielded 18080.1 innings while committing only 143 errors. That's approximately 126 innings, or 14 games, per error. A three-time All-Star (2001, 2002 & 2005), and the 2007 […]