If there is a place on the Phillies where they are loaded with Major League ready young players this is it. There are more arms than there are slots. Enough so that the Phillies could field two complete bullpens at the big league level if they so chose to. Last year Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, [More...]
Last year the Phillies were going to make history with the greatest rotation in recent baseball history. They did make history as the team won more games than any other Phillies team in history but they also made history as the first team with the greatest rotation to be knocked out in the first round [More...]
Two of the three outfield slots are 100% without a doubt set, barring unforeseen injuries. Hunter Pence is the rightfielder and Shane Victorino is patrolling his usual centerfield. After that you have a number of players competing this spring for the leftfield job that belonged to the now departed Lord Voldemort aka Raul Ibanez. Other [More...]
Andy Seminick played in the 1950 World Series on a broken ankle. Stan Lopata and Benito Santiago each gave us a year of tremendous power. Darren Daulton helped give us 1993. Bob Boone gave us the honor of seeing possibly the best defensive catcher in history and helped give us 1980. Mike Lieberthal gave us [More...]
Third base Towards the end of his tenure as a Phillie it was readily apparent that Pedro Feliz was declining and his days of being an every day player were coming to and end. It’s the nature of the business in wanting to win championships that you have to replace pieces of your team that [More...]
Shortstop When the Phillies re-signed Jimmy Rollins most Phillies fans took a breath of relief. The reason behind this was the fact that some of the names the Phillies were throwing around as potential replacements if Rollins went elsewhere were Alex Gonzalez, Yuniesky Betancourt, and the now retired Orlando Cabrera. Saying yuck and reaching for [More...]
Chase Utley’s health could make or break the Phillies’ 2012 season The Middle Infield Health. That is the biggest word when it comes to the 2012 Phillies infield picture. It is even more important in the middle infield where there are fewer options than there are on other spots on the team. Chase Utley and [More...]
The Infield When the Phillies were a World Series team, their infield was one of the biggest reasons why. It was not just that they had a very good offensive infield with very good power in all four spots, but defensively they were also very good at the three key defense spots of shortstop, third [More...]
The word going around baseball today was that longtime Phillie and two time world champion Pat Burrell was going to retire from baseball. The former number one pick in the draft has cited his oft injured foot as keeping him from playing at a high level and over a long 162 game season. Foot problems [More...]
Phillies take a step back from the Lidge Being a closer can be a thankless job at times. At others it can be a job with rewards and many accolades. Brad Lidge has experienced both in his time with the Phillies.Lidge’s 2008 was a season of pure mastery and perfection. He was as lock down [More...]