The Phillies are known to hire former Phillies to serve in key roles. Among the coaching staff, Pete Mackanin, Larry Bowa, Mickey Morandini, Juan Samuel, and Matt Stairs are all former Phillies players. Each Spring, several former Phillies serve as guest instructors...
Cleveland Indians 14, Phillies 2
Indians (11-13), Phillies (12-15)
WP: McAllister (2-3, 3.30 ERA)
LP: Halladay (2-3, 6.57 ERA)
So much for progress.
Despite a three-game win streak, run of three quality starts for Roy Halladay, the addition of Delmon Young and the luxury of the designated hitter, the Phillies crumbled in a 14-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field tonight, pushing th
If it were up to him, he said, Chad Durbin might take the first half of the first month to tune up.
Of the regular season, that is.
“If I could, it would just be smarter to throw bullpens every day for the first week or two of April,” he said last Wednesday, and not just because of his results so far...
PHILADELPHIA—By the time the Phillies had to turn to the bullpen with 2 outs in the sixth inning and runners on second and third Sunday, reliever Chad Durbin had already twice entered a game and deepened a hole.
On Opening Day, he opened the sixth and let 3 runs pile atop the Braves total in a 7-5 loss...
Kansas City Royals 9, Phillies 8
Royals (3-3), Phillies (2-4)
WP: James Shields (1-1, 3.75 ERA)
LP: Cole Hamels (0-2, 10.97 ERA)
SV: Kelvin Herrera (1)
PHILADELPHIA—They certainly brought the drama.
Down 5 runs heading into the bottom of the ninth, just 18 hours after Kevin Frandsen lifted the Phillies to a walk-off win, Jimmy Rollins smacked a 3 run homer...
Phillies free agent acquisition Mike Adams has already been throwing in Clearwater and is on schedule for spring training following surgery in October to correct his Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
He probably won't pitch until the second week of the Grapefruit League schedule, but that was something the Phillies knew when they signed Adams this off-season...
Welcome back, Chad Durbin.
Durbin, 34, signed a one-year deal worth a guaranteed $1.1 million with the Phillies on Monday. He stuck a 3.62 ERA and 1.37 WHIP in three seasons in Philadelphia through 2010.
He spent 2011 in the AL, with Cleveland, where his ERA shot up to 5...