Cody Asche

While heading into Spring Training, Cody Asche had no clear role.  Would he be an outfielder or an infielder?  Would he have the opportunity to start with the likes of Aaron Altherr on the roster?  The Phillies were unable to answer these questions in Spring Training as Asche strained his oblique early in Spring Training and later aggravated it more to the point he has spent the entire season on t

The Phillies made a move to add some offense to their Major League roster today.   The Phillies announced that they have acquired utility player Jimmy Paredes from the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade.   The Phillies will send a player to be named or cash considerations to the Blue Jays in the deal, the team announced...

The Phillies are in an unexpected place right now - in the playoff conversation.

The Phillies lost yet another pitching prospect to the disabled list on Friday in the midst of a flurry of moves reported by long-time Phillies employee Larry Shenk. The Phillies had plenty of depth at AAA but it took yet another hit. Starting pitcher Mark Appel, who opened 2016 at AAA Lehigh Valley very strongly, has been placed on the seven-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain ... Read

Cody Asche went 2-for-5 with a homer and two RBI on Tuesday night at Double-A Reading and appears that he will be ready to go when his 20-day rehab ends on June 1. The former third baseman, now leftfielder has been on the disabled list the entire season because of a Grade 1 strain of his right oblique that he suffered in late February and then had an untimely setback at the end of spring training

Once again it is time for the weekly Phillies mailbag.

The Phillies announced a bit of good news on the injury front on Friday.  Infielder-turned-outfielder Cody Asche has been resting a strained oblique since Spring Training.  Tonight, Asche will begin a rehab assignment at Class A Clearwater...

We are a day late today on the Phillies mailbag, but so much happened yesterday in terms of Phillies moves it would have gotten buried, and some of the questions were already answered with the Phillies moves.   Every week we take your questions and then talk about them on 97...

The Phillies outfield took a couple hits this spring.  First, Aaron Altherr injured his wrist diving in right field during the first week of Grapefruit League play.   Then, third baseman-turned oufielder Cody Asche saw his sore oblique become an injury that has kept him from appearing in any Grapefruit League action...

It's Tuesday and that means it's time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Mailbag. We take your questions every Monday and then we talk about them during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 p.m.