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Philadelphia Phillies: Top 10 Players Who Will Have Something to Prove in 2013
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 [...]
TweetGrading the Philadelphia Phillies’ Three-Game Sweep of the Washington Nationals
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 [...]
TweetAn In-Depth Look What the 2013 Philadelphia Phillies Bullpen Could Look Like
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’ [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Should Kyle Kendrick Be in the Philadelphia Phillies Rotation Again in 2013?
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 [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: The Philadelphia Phillies Need to Give Darin Ruf a Chance to Show What He Can Do
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 [...]
TweetPhiladelphia Phillies Outfielder Domonic Brown Playing Better and Better as of Late
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 [...]
TweetPhillippe Aumont Will Have Six Weeks to Show the Philadelphia Phillies He Can Contribute in 2013
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 [...]
TweetPhiladelphia Phillies Send Michael Schwimer Down to Triple-A
In a surprising move, the Philadelphia Phillies have sent right-handed relief pitcher Michael Schwimer down to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Schwimer was sent down so the Phillies could keep newly promoted reliever Phillippe Aumont on the 25-man big league roster. Aumont was acquired in the Cliff Lee trade two offseasons ago, and the team [...]
TweetPhiladelphia Phillies Pitcher Cole Hamels Named NL Player of the Week
For his consecutive shutouts and then the quality start that followed it, Philadelphia Phillies left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels was named National League Player of the Week last week. Hamels made two starts, winning both and pitching 16.2 innings. He didn’t give up a single run, extending his consecutive scoreless innings streak up to 23. He [...]
TweetPhiladelphia Phillies Calling Up the Prospect They Got in the Cliff Lee Trade
Back when the Philadelphia Phillies traded Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners in 2009, they got several top prospects in return. They will be calling up one of them – right-handed relief pitcher Phillippe Aumont for tomorrow night’s game. Lefty reliever Jeremy Horst (1-0, 1.06 ERA, 2.86 strikeout to walk ratio) will be gone for [...]
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