Chase Utley

The Philadelphia Phillies have made a considerable amount of high-profile moves in the recent past in an effort to improve this depleted farm system. Key trades of Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Ben Revere, Jonathan Papelbon, Ken Giles and Chase Utley have made the system better, deeper and finally provided depth in the organization...

Our old friend Jimmy Rollins could be moving positions. According to a report, Rollins has multiple teams after him, but there's a catch: he'd have to move to second base. In the same tweet, Ken Rosenthal reports that Rollins is "open to the idea," but also waiting to see if other shortstop opportunities become available...

Former Philadelphia Phillies great Chase Utley will return to the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to Yahoo! MLB insider Jeff Passan.

Chase Utley is appealing his two game suspension and thus will be eligible to play in Game 3 tonight. MLB tried to expedite the appeal before tonight's game but was unable to do so. Utley issued a statement at Citi Field prior to the game and reiterated the "terrible" feeling he has for Ruben Tejada's injury: “The Players Association and my agent are handling the appeals process... Read

Safe at second base - and suspended for two games. Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Chase Utley was banned for two playoff games by Major League Baseball on Sunday night following his late takeout slide that broke New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada's right leg ...

Chase Utley's aggressive baserunning broke Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada's right leg in a takeout slide, reviving the Los Angeles Dodgers and angering the New York players. Utley's slide flipped Tejada during a four-run rally in the seventh inning that helped the Dodgers win 5-2 Saturday night and tie their NL Division Series at one game apiece ...

It's been an up-and-down type of season for Phillies left fielder Cody Asche. After a hot start, Asche started the season 12-for-24, and was hitting .303 entering the month of May. However, on May 11, the Phillies sent Asche to Triple-A Lehigh Valley to learn how to play left field, leading to an eventual promotion of Maikel Franco to take over at third base...

Like Cole Hamels before him, Chase Utley made sure to thank the Phillies on his way out of town. Utley took out a full page display in both the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News on Monday to thank the Phillies organization and the fans on his way to Los Angeles...

Growing up, Mike Fiers remembers watching Nolan Ryan throw no-hitter after no-hitter. After pitching his first one Friday night, Fiers finally got to meet the man who spun so many gems. Fiers pitched the second no-hitter in the major leagues in nine days, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Today on the Stark Report, we discussed the Phillies deal of Chase Utley, how it happened, why now was the right time, the reaction from the fans in LA and more. Plys Stark discussed the Phillies farm system and the job the front office did in putting the farm system back together...