Alec Asher

The 2016 season for the Phillies is one with not a whole lot of expectation besides their young talent development. 29 games into the season, it may be time to consider adding some more youth to the club, especially with guys like Darin Ruf and Emmanuel Burriss stumbling offensively...

It's Monday and that means it is time for the Philliedelphia Monday Mailbag.

Saturday was the last time Phillies fans will see rookie pitcher Aaron Nola til next season. The talented righty, fired five scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Nationals which was his final start of the 2015 season.

The early returns on the summer trade hauls of the Phillies have been positive. A system that was once thought of as one of the worst in baseball, is now filled with strong young talent with some intriguing young players that came over in the Cole Hamels trade - two of which Jerad Eickhoff and Alec Asher have already appeared at the big league level...

Phillies pitching prospect Alec Asher will be called up to make his major league debut on Sunday versus the Padres. Asher was acquired as part of the Cole Hamels deal with the Texas Rangers last month, he has put up a 3.97 ERA and 109/40 K/BB ratio over 133 2/3 frames between Double- and Triple-A...

After a series of traded the Phillies of 2017 might have a much different look then the team that you see out there each and every night. Gone are Cole Hamels, Ben Revere and Jonathan Papelbon and in their place, the Phillies are hoping for the next batch of players to help bring the Phillies back to the World Series...

So the Cole Hamels era has ended in Philadelphia, but the big question is how did they make out in the deal? Ruben Amaro Jr., Pat Gillick, Andy MacPhail - who ever pulled the trigger on this massive six-for-two player deal will some day either get the credit or the blame...