As of yesterday, the Phils were on the brink of resigning Ryan Madson to a 4-year deal worth $44 million with a fifh-year option at $13 million. Now, today you hear that management may have
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With baseball's free agency period underway, Ruben Amaro Jr. has wasted no time in implementing his plan to improve the team. The Phillies made their first significant move of the offseason yesterday by signing free
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Ever since Ryan Howard’s ground ball rolled harmlessly to Nick Punto to end game 5 of the NLDS, and ended all hope of another Phillies world championship, there has been a lot of speculation on
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The St. Louis Cardinals once again proved to the sports world that championships aren’t won on paper and if you have momentum going into October you can beat anyone. They definitely caught a few breaks
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The Phillies made their first significant moves of their offseason today, declining club options on starting pitcher Roy Oswalt and reliever Brad Lidge. Oswalt was due to make $16 million, and Lidge was set to
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It's funny how much things have changed around here now. If you were to tell me prior to the 2007 season that the Phillies were going to win five straight division tiltles, appear in two
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The Phillies’ rotation was the back end of a lot of problems the team faced this post-season. Granted Roy Holladay and Cole Hamels pitched up to expectations, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt were non-existent. In
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I am a big Cole Hamels fan. He's probably been the most consistent Phillies pitcher over the last 3 years, he's the youngest ace, and he's got an incredibly bright future. But...the Phillies are in
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In 2009 when the Phillies lost in the World Series to the New York Yankees I was sad but I did not get upset the way I would have pre-2008, I felt lucky just to
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Phillies GM Ruben Amaro hit the apple on the head yesterday when he talked about the Phillies taking a new approach at the plate. They can't pound the ball anymore like they did a few
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