Phillies Trade News: Cliff Lee traded to the Phillies
According to Ken Rosenthal and others, the Phillies have traded Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson to the Indians in exchange for Cliff Lee and Ben Francisco.
The medical records are being reviewed, but all signs point to a completed trade
More on this as it comes available but check out Phillies Phandom for [...]
NL East News: Halladay not being moved..
In a tweet from Erika Gilbert , Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is quoted as saying “I think at this point its probably unlikely that we’ll trade Doc. We’ve got to be motivated to move him, so we haven’t been highly motivated yet”
Will this slow down the rumor mill? Probably not, and we will probably [...]
Phillies Player News: Condrey back, Walker DFA’d
According to Todd Zolecki’s twitter feed, the Phillies have activated Relief pitcher Clay Condrey from the DL and designated Tyler Walker for assignment.
Tyler Walker was 1-0 in 9 games this year pitching 11 innings to a 1.64 ERA, my guess is someone picks him up.
Condrey was 4-2 with a 3.71 ERA in 33 games this [...]
Breaking Phillies News: Phillies sign Pedro Martinez
According to Todd Zolecki’s twitter the Philadelphia Phillies have signed Pedro Martinez for 1M and a possible 1.5M Additional in incentives. An official announcement is on its way tomorrow. I will update with more information as it becomes available.
Pedro went 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA in 20 games started for the Mets last year [...]
NL East News: Pedro, Halladay and All-Star Starters
The biggest news of the day appears to be that according to many reports, including Todd Zolecki’s Twitter, that former Met Pedro Martinez is on his way to Philadelphia. His latest news says that the physical may not be completed until tomorrow, but a deal is expected by Wednesday.
Zolecki also speaks to different Philly players [...]
Two NL East Players in final vote
Two NL East Players have been entered into the All-Star game final vote contest. This will decide who takes the last spot on the National League All-Star team in St. Louis.
The players are the Philadelphia Phillies’ Shane Victorino and the Washington Nationals’ Christian Guzman.
You can vote by going to MLB.com
Phillies Player News: Eyre Back, Escalona down
The Phillies have activated Scott Eyre off the 15 day DL and sent Sergio Escalona back to AAA Lehigh.
NL East gets 5 starters and 11 total in 2009 All-Star Game
The Rosters for the 2009 All-Star in St. Louis have been announced, and the National League East has 11 total representatives including 5 positional starters and the Mets leading the way with four representatives. The players that are listed are below:
Starters
Chase Utley 2B
Raul Ibanez OF
Reserves
Ryan Howard 1B
Starters
Hanley Ramirez
Pitchers
Josh Johnson RHP
Starters
David Wright 3B
Carlos Beltran OF
Pitchers
Johan Santana [...]
Phillies Player News: Taschner DFA’d
According to Todd Zolecki’s twitter feed, the Phillies have designated LHP Jack Taschner for assignment to add Rodrigo Lopez to the roster. Taschner was 1-1 with a 5.20 ERA in 21 relief appearances for the Phils this year. Stop by Phillies Phandom for even more Phillies news.
Phillies Player News: Lopez recalled
In news broken by our new Phillies affiliate, Phillies Phandom, the Philadelphia Phillies have recalled Rodrigo Lopez from Lehigh in Bastardo’s spot. Get more information on it by clicking here and going to our Phillies Phandom affiliate.
