Written By: Séamus Doyle, @saintseamus The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired Jose Bautista from the Mets Tuesday afternoon in exchange for cash or a player to be named later, reports say. Philadelphia claimed the veteran on waivers yesterday and have worked out a deal to trade for him. Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports the … Continue reading Phillies acquire veteran slugger Jose Bautista
Written By: Séamus Doyle | @saintseamus The Phillies have acquired 1B Justin Bour from the Miami Marlins for minor league lefty McKenzie Mills. Bour brings a much needed power bat to the Phils bench. He's hitting .227 with 19 homers, 54 RBIS and a .759 OPS. Bour also has staggeringly good numbers against the Atlanta … Continue reading Phillies acquire slugger Bour
Written By: Séamus Doyle. Twitter: @saintseamus The July 31st non-waiver trade deadline is over, but that doesn't mean the Phillies are done acquiring players. Before the 4pm non-waiver deadline on July 31st, the Phillies made moves to obtain Asdrubal Cabrera, Wilson Ramos and Aaron Loup to improve their roster. Some non-realistic fans were disappointed Matt … Continue reading Phils may not be done adding to roster: How do August Trades Work?
Written By: Séamus Doyle (@saintseamus) According to MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi the Phillies and Indians are the two most serious contenders to land 5 time All Star Adam Jones. Jones, a 4x Gold Glove award winner with a silver slugger under his belt, is the owner of a .278 career batting average with 1,757 hits … Continue reading Report: Phillies “serious contenders” to acquire All-Star OF Adam Jones from O’s
Written By. Séamus Doyle, @saintseamus Ken Rosenthal, of The Athletic and MLB Network, is reporting the Phillies are interested in acquiring veteran outfielder Curtis Granderson from the Toronto Blue Jays. Granderson, 37, is hitting .230 for Toronto with 9 homers, 29 RBIs and a .337 on base percentage. The Phils are looking to add a … Continue reading Rosenthal: Phils interested in Granderson
Trade speculation is continuing to heat up as we move closer to the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline, and thanks to a 51-40 record on the year the Phillies will be active buyers looking to upgrade for the second half pennant race. We all know the Phillies want Baltimore superstar Manny Machado, but there is … Continue reading Report: Phillies interested in Orioles Veteran Closer
The Phillies have placed shortstop JP Crawford on the 10-day disabled list after suffering a right forearm strain. Crawford told media members his "arm went numb" while fielding a ball. He was lifted in the fifth inning of yesterday's loss to the Braves. Hopefully Crawford's time on the DL will result in a rejuvenation from … Continue reading Phillies place SS JP Crawford on DL, Recall INF Valentin
Over this offseason, the Cleveland Browns started experiencing something they haven’t seen in quite some time: attention from the rest of the NFL for something other than being terrible. With 2 very high draft picks in one of the most QB talent-heavy drafts in recent years and the acquisition of Jarvis Landry, an excellent wide … Continue reading Cleveland Browns Draft Summary
The Phillies announced Friday that they have placed RHP Ben Lively on the 10-day disabled list with a lower back strain. The move comes just hours after Lively got absolutely lit up by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon. Lively didn't look so lively at all against Arizona allowing seven earned runs in just 2 … Continue reading Phillies place Lively on DL, recall Thompson
Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning news is reporting on Twitter that the Phillies have signed veteran third baseman Trevor Plouffe to a minor-league contract. Plouffe, 31, spent the majority of his career as the starting third baseman for the Minnesota Twins where he served as a mostly solid defensive player. He was with Minnesota … Continue reading Report: Phillies to sign veteran 3B Trevor Plouffe
