Philadelphia Phillies: Top 10 Players Who Will Have Something to Prove in 2013

Filed: 26th Aug 12 5:34 pm by
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The Philadelphia Phillies entered 2012 coming off five consecutive NL East titles and a franchise-record 102 wins, and they were expected to be right back in the mix for another playoff spot and a deep run in October baseball. And then, the season fell apart. The team started slowly and never recovered, along the way [...]

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Grading the Philadelphia Phillies’ Three-Game Sweep of the Washington Nationals

Filed: 26th Aug 12 4:44 pm by
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The Philadelphia Phillies just completed arguably their best three-game series of the 2012 season by sweeping the NL East-leading Washington Nationals by scores of 4-2, 4-2, and 4-1. Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee won back-to-back starts for the first time all year, and the Phillies are now comfortably in third place in their division, although [...]

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Boston Red Sox Continue Season to Forget By Shutting Down MVP Candidate David Ortiz

Filed: 26th Aug 12 3:59 pm by
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It’s been a season to forget for the Boston Red Sox, as the club is currently mired at a 60-67 record, seven games under .500 and 13.5 games back of the New York Yankees in the AL East race. The Red Sox have traded many key members of the team this season in Kevin Youkilis, [...]

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An In-Depth Look What the 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Bullpen Could Look Like

Filed: 26th Aug 12 1:48 pm by
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Back in 2008, the Philadelphia Phillies rode a perfect season from Brad Lidge and a 3.22 bullpen ERA that led the National League to a World Series championship. This year, the Phillies’ relief pitchers have put up an ERA of 4.41 that ranks fifth-worst in all of baseball, which has directly led to the Phillies’ [...]

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MLB Rumors: Should Kyle Kendrick Be in the Philadelphia Phillies Rotation Again in 2013?

Filed: 26th Aug 12 11:08 am by
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I’ve never been a Kyle Kendrick fan. He’s strictly a ground ball pitcher who pitches to contact and tries to get hitters to make outs. He doesn’t strike out a high percentage of batters and he’s making $7.5 million over two years, even though he’s not worth close that much. Kendrick is 7-9 with a [...]

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Johan Santana Being Shut Down for the Remainder of the 2012 Season Further Proves Why No Pitcher is Worth That Much Money

Filed: 25th Aug 12 2:04 pm by
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When the New York Mets announced the other day that starting pitcher Johan Santana will be shut down for the remainder of the 2012 season, it only further solidified the claim that no pitcher can be worth the kind of money aces are getting these days. Santana was given a ridiculous six-year, $137.5 million contract [...]

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MLB Rumors: The Philadelphia Phillies Need to Give Darin Ruf a Chance to Show What He Can Do

Filed: 25th Aug 12 1:42 pm by
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You would think when a player is hitting .313 with 34 home runs and 93 RBIs at the Double-A level, he would be a top prospect, but Philadelphia Phillies minor leaguer Darin Ruf has managed to stay under the radar. Ruf is challenging Ryan Howard’s single-season Reading Phillies record for home runs (Howard hit 37 [...]

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Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Domonic Brown Playing Better and Better as of Late

Filed: 25th Aug 12 1:31 pm by
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At this point, the Philadelphia Phillies aren’t really sure what they have in outfielder Domonic Brown, formerly the fourth overall prospect in baseball, per Baseball America. Brown made his major league debut in 2010 and played sparingly that year, collecting just two home runs and a .210 batting average. He saw more action in 2011 [...]

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Phillippe Aumont Will Have Six Weeks to Show the Philadelphia Phillies He Can Contribute in 2013

Filed: 23rd Aug 12 8:27 pm by
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When the Philadelphia Phillies chose to send right-handed reliever Michael Schwimer down to Triple-A Lehigh Valley earlier today, it meant they want to see what newly called up Phillippe Aumont can do on a big league team. Aumont was acquired in the Cliff Lee trade back in the offseason after 2009 when the Phillies shipped [...]

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