Baltimore Orioles

The Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday announced 15 non-roster invitees to attend Major League camp in Spring Training in Clearwater.

According to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand, the Phillies are reportedly ready to give up trying to trade for Manny Machado.

The Orioles and the Phillies have been linked a few times this offseason, with reports that Baltimore was interested in outfielder Marlon Byrd, and the Phillies were trying to pawn off Ryan Howard in the process. Now it appears that the Orioles have another Phillie on their radar, Charlie Manuel.

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Orioles have officially acquired Jim Thome from the Phillies. Jim Thome is heading to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for for two single-A players catcher Gabriel Lino and Right handed pitcher Kyle Simon. ...

Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was none to happy after his teams sixth straight loss at the hand of the Los Angeles Dodgers on the final game of their seven game homestand. In his post game press conference, Manuel repeated on a few occasions how his team "lost their swagger" and told the assembled media "nobody fears us anymore, they come right at us...

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