ESPN's Jayson Stark reports that the Phillies have called up Tommy Joseph from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, no corresponding move has been made at this time.
Joseph was acquired in the 2012 trade that sent Hunter Pence to the Giants, he was hitting 347 with six homers and was leading the International league in OPS...
Win or lose, Jake Peavy is a treat to watch when he pitches.
He scowls, he shouts, he grimaces, he grins. Never hard to tell how things are going for him.
And depending how he does for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night against Kansas City rookie Yordano Ventura, this World Series could quickly shape up as an even match or a mismatch...
Outfielders Aaron Altherr and Kelly Dugan, catcher Tommy Joseph and left-hander Rob Rasmussen have had their contracts selected to the 40-man roster, Senior Vice President and General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced today.
Altherr, 22, spent last season with single-A Clearwater where he hit ...
According to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman, the Phillies will likely be in the running for Nelson Cruz along with Jacoby Ellsbury, Shin-Soo Choo and Curtis Granderson.
They are some of the other outfielders that the Phillies are thought to be eyeing in free agency according to the report...
With yesterday's word that the Phillies are "likely going with what we've got," it's now time to diagnose why the team is stuck filling two outfield spots with Domonic Brown, Darin Ruf, John Mayberry and Laynce Nix, when one should still be filled:
They traded Hunter Pence last July...
Consider what the Phillies have sought this offseason (three-year averages):
Josh Hamilton - .313 BA, 33 home runs, 107 RBIs
B.J. Upton - .242 BA, 23 home runs, 74 RBIs
Ichiro Suzuki - .282 BA, six home runs, 36.7 RBIs
Cody Ross - ...
Sometimes, baseball's day-to-day can be a grind.
Not just for the players, for the media, too.
So that's why when you come across something as profoundly, unabatedly cool as what happened in the Phillies 3-1 win