Alec Asher

The Phillies had a completely full 40-man roster heading into the final week of Grapefruit League action.  Much of our discussion in recent days including just an hour ago on the Sports Bash With Mike Gill included how the Phillies might manage their roster...

As the Phillies wind down 2017 Grapefruit League action, the club made a few moves on Friday.   Two players that made substantial contributions to the 2016 Phillies big league roster will head to the minor leagues.  The Phillies announced that outfielder Tyler Goeddel and pitcher Jake Thompson have been optioned to the minor leagues...

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 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...

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 MLB non-waiver trade deadline is one week from today, and teams are actively making deals.   Word broke this afternoon that the Cubs were close to acquiring relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman from the New York Yankees.  Looking for upgrades is the Texas Rangers, with whom the Phillies made the blockbuster Cole Hamels trade last season...

The Phillies received some very disappointing news today regarding pitching prospect Alec Asher.  The pitching prospect, received from the Texas Rangers in the Cole Hamels trade last season, has been been suspended for 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.   The suspension to Asher is the the second in the Phillies organization this season.

The Phillies got some bad news just two pitches into the game Wednesday afternoon.  Phillies starter Vince Velasquez  was only one batter into the game when something was not right.  Velasquez called for the trainer and departed the game immediately and was relieved by Brett Oberholtzer...

Phillies prospect Alec Asher was likely rushed to the Major Leagues in 2015 out of a desperate need for a starter after the trade of Cole Hamels and repeated injuries and poor starts from the rest of the staff.  Opening the season at AA Reading and now at AA Lehigh Valley, Asher has been one of the more dominant arms in the system in 2016, going 4-2 with a 2...