Jake Thompson

As the Phillies wind down 2017 Grapefruit League action, the club made a few moves on Friday.   Two players that made substantial contributions to the 2016 Phillies big league roster will head to the minor leagues.  The Phillies announced that outfielder Tyler Goeddel and pitcher Jake Thompson have been optioned to the minor leagues...

We are just two weeks out from the opening of the 2017 season.  As we get closer to the Opening Day roster decisions, we take your questions about the Phillies.  We will talk about them Tuesday at 2:30 on 97.3 ESPN during the Sports Bash with Mike Gill ...

We are in full force in Spring Training 2017, and the Phillies are already into Grapefruit League action in Florida.   Here is the return of the Phillies mailbag, which you can find on 973espn.com.  We will discuss it on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill, so tune in...

When the Phillies traded pitchers Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman to the Texas Rangers, one player the Phillies got in return was not a prospect.  That was veteran starter Matt Harrison, who was battling injury.   Harrison pitched six innings on July 27, 2015...

It is time once again for a Phillies mailbag.  Each week we take your questions about the Philadelphia Phillies and answer them right here.  Ask a question anytime to @FrankKlose on Twitter. Have the Phillies ever had a bullpen this bad...

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs got eliminated from the playoffs last night in Moosic, as the Scranton-Wilkes Barre Railriders steamrolled over the IronPigs 11-3.   That freed up some players for the Phillies to add to their Major League roster...

A night after pitcher Phil Klein gave the Phillies five innings in a spot start and was subsequently optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, the Phillies made another announcement:  Jake Thompson will make his Major League Debut for the Phillies...

Last night the Phillies grabbed pitcher Phil Klein from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start in place of the injured Aaron Nola.  Klein, who started just four times for the IronPigs and once for the Rangers organization at Triple-A Round Rock, really was not stretched out and gave the Phillies five innings, the most he had gone all season...

It is time once again for a Phillies 97.3 ESPN Monday 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.   If you are not in South Jersey, you can listen online at 973espn...

MLB Pipeline released their Midseason Top 100 prospect list on Wednesday and five Philadelphia Phillies prospects were on the list,