Jorge Alfaro

We are just two weeks out from the opening of the 2017 season.  As we get closer to the Opening Day roster decisions, we take your questions about the Phillies.  We will talk about them Tuesday at 2:30 on 97.3 ESPN during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill ...

When MLB Pipeline listed their top prospects, just three Phillies were listed, down from seven the year before.   Baseball America, a very respected organization on prospects, released their Top 100 prospect list last night.   In this rankings list, three Phillies were featured on the list from MLB, but a fourth made the cut...

The World Baseball Classic was instituted in 2005 to help make up for the lack of baseball competition in the Olympics.  Every three years, countries from around the world field a team to represent their home countries.  For many baseball players, this is their one opportunity to play for their home country...

The Phillies added more depth at the catching position on Wednesday afternoon.   With Cameron Rupp in the fold and youngsters Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp possibly making the club, the Phillies already added veteran catcher Bryan Holaday to the mix for a potential bench job...

The Phillies lost out on re-signing catcher A.J. Ellis, who reunited with former manager Don Mattingly in Miami.

With the Winter Meetings and Rule 5 Draft complete, renown baseball prospect organization Baseball America releases its list of each team's top prospect.   Today was the Phillies' turn.  A couple names have dropped off the list completely, white a familiar face tops the list once again...

When the Phillies traded pitchers Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman to the Texas Rangers, one player the Phillies got in return was not a prospect.  That was veteran starter Matt Harrison, who was battling injury.   Harrison pitched six innings on July 27, 2015...

It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday Mailbag.  We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.   If you are not in South Jersey, you can listen online at 973espn...

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs got eliminated from the playoffs last night in Moosic, as the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Railriders steamrolled over the IronPigs 11-3.   That freed up some players for the Phillies to add to their Major League roster...

It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday Mailbag.  We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.   If you are not in South Jersey, you can listen online at 973espn...