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The Phillies made a pair of moves Friday night, shipping pitcher Jeremy Hellickson to the Baltimore Orioles and Howie Kendrick to the Washington Nationals. In both trades, the Phillies used their financial strength to not only trade the players for prospects but to acquire something more: International slot money
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The Phillies got one player back from a disabled list stint, in just enough time to give him a 10-day window to showcase himself before the July 31 trade deadline. After missing several weeks with a strained oblique, Phillies outfielder Howie Kendrick returned to action last night for the Reading Fightin' Phils...
Phillies fans are well aware that the team could make some deals prior to the July 31 trade deadline. Reliever Pat Neshek seems all but dealt already. Veterans like starter Jeremy Hellickson and Howie Kendrick could be moved as well, and possibly some younger players like Tommy Joseph...
The Phillies received some bad news on Wednesday regarding outfielder Aaron Altherr while getting some good news on outfielder Howie Kendrick. Kendrick took some ground balls and fly ball in Miami prior to the Phillies finale against the Marlins and is headed to a rehab assignment at Double-A Reading...
The Phillies got some both good news and some bad news on Monday afternoon. The good news is that after several weeks, the Phillies will finally get Cesar Hernandez back at the top of their lineup. However, the roster move coincides with the Phillies losing another player: outfielder Aaron Altherr...
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On Saturday afternoon, the Phillies wrote Andres Blanco into the lineup to fill in for second baseman Cesar Hernandez. On Friday night, Hernandez suffered an injury making a throw in the Phillies 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals...