Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

The offseason for baseball means trying to make deals with players who are facing arbitration. The Philadelphia Phillies had four players they needed to try and negotiate with, and yesterday one deal got completed. That deal was with pitcher Kyle [...]

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Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

In the mold of old boss Ed Wade, Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. has made it a habit in recent years to bring in veteran bullpen arms in the offseason in an attempt to re-create the magic that his predecessor Pat Gillick created in [...]

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Howard Smith-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia Phillies continue to be silent this offseason. With spring training quickly approaching it would be ideal for the Phillies to make improvements, and one of those would be to add a second setup man. They have Mike Adams, [...]

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Chase Utley’s comments are really just words until the season gets underway. However, the generally quiet second baseman feels that the Philadelphia Phillies are real contenders this upcoming year. Keep in mind that he said “contenders.” There were no guarantees [...]

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Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

There are officially 35 days until pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater, Florida for Spring Training. The Philadelphia Phillies will be expecting the veteran players, new acquisitions and rookies they extended invitations to. One of those players invited is rookie Jesse [...]

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No one could have been happier to see that ball drop in Times Square on 2013 than Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. His 2013 was so disappointing the only logical conclusions one can draw is that he is either [...]

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The fact that the Philadelphia Phillies have finally landed the TV deal they wanted means a lot to the team’s long-term future and even more to what should be the short-term goal of landing free agent pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Whether [...]

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Right now, the Philadelphia Phillies only have two reliable arms in their starting rotation, Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee. If the team is hoping to win games, then the rest of their rotation has to be able to be counted on, except we [...]

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Around the holiday that is so closely associated with a little girl named Virginia’s letter to an editor about Santa Claus, Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro took the occasion to give his own version of reality. “Ryan Howard does [...]

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