Alberto Tirado

The Phillies held on to Mark Appel and Alberto Tirado after both cleared waviers, while Pat Venditte heads to a new organization.

The Jeanmar Gomez of 2017 so far is not close to the Jeanmar Gomez of 2016.  In Gomez's three appearances over three innings he has allowed five earned runs.  The struggles have led Phillies manager Pete Mackanin to consider removing fGomez from the closer's role...

With three weeks to go before the start of the Major League season, the Phillies made their first round of cuts in big league camp. Outfielder Dylan Cozens and pitchers Drew Anderson, Elniery Garcia and Alberto Tirado are members of the 40-man roster...

Here is this week's edition of the Phillies mailbag, which you can find weekly on 973espn.com.  We will discuss it on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill at 2:30 every Tuesday, so tune in, either on your radio dial, or streaming live at 973espn...

When the Phillies had to open up some roster spots, there was the chance that they would lose some of their players.   First, Elvis Araujo was traded to the Miami Marlins.  Then, the Phillies designated for assignment the contracts of pitchers David Buchanan and Jimmy Cordero...

With a large number of prospects in the minor leagues gaining experience, the Phillies were forced to add a large number of them to their 40-man roster in order to protect them from the Rule 5 draft.   The Phillies on Friday afternoon in advance of the deadline to do so prior to the Rule 5 draft added 11 players...