Ben Lively

The Phillies made a pair of moves Friday night, shipping pitcher Jeremy Hellickson to the Baltimore Orioles and Howie Kendrick to the Washington Nationals.   In both trades, the Phillies used their financial strength to not only trade the players for prospects but to acquire something more: International slot money ...

The Phillies have seemed to have one injury after another in the areas they need the most help.   The Phillies have been without two of their starters in recent days, as Vince Velasquez and Jerad Eickhoff have taken up residency on the 10-day disabled list...

The Phillies farm system has a plethora of young arms all hoping for their chance to sow their stuff at the big league level.

The Phillies were busy on Saturday morning making roster moves.  The first move was one that we were anticipating: Ben Lively was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start Saturday's matinee against the San Francisco Giants.  The corresponding move was that Mark Leiter, Jr...

The Phillies have been difficult to watch.  After a putrid month of May in which the Phillies went 6-22, Phillies fans  are looking for reasons to stay interested.   One might be the Major League debut of a young pitcher.   Fans appear to be getting close to that...

We are back with another edition of the Phillies mailbag on 97.3 Espn.  We take your questions all week long and then discuss them on The Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesdays at 2:30 p.m.  Send me your questions on Twitter @FrankKlose...

Phillies starter Nick Pivetta made it through just four and two-thirds innings on Thursday afternoon, at which point the Phillies pulled him due to a high pitch count.  Pivetta departed after 107 pitches with a 2-0 lead and one runner on...

We are back with another Phillies mailbag.  We take your questions throughout the week on Twitter at @FrankKlose and via email at sportstalkphilly@gmail.com.  Then, we answer them on Tuesdays on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill at 2:30 p...

The Phillies are now at the .500 mark, 18 games into the season.  But much has happened on the injury front in recent days.  Here is the latest on the team in this week's Phillies mailbag.  Tune into the Sports Bash with Mike Gill at 2:30 to listen to the responses to your questions...

Throughout the offseason, the Phillies had some injury concerns about starting pitcher Aaron Nola.  Those concerns were mostly related to an elbow that bothered Nola down the stretch in 2016.   Unfortunately the injury bug has hit Nola anyway...