Jesse biddle

The Phillies picked 17th back in 2002, after Larry Bowa's first season as Phillies manager yielded an 86-76 record.  The draft was a good one: it included names such as Adam Loewen, Joe Blanton, and Jeff Francoeur.  And also future stars Zach Greinke, Prince Fielder, Scott Kazmir, B...

Philadelphia native Jesse Biddle has been traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to reports.

Phillies 2010 first round pick Jesse Biddle has been designated for assignment today to make room for left handed pitcher Bobby LaFromboise, who they claimed off waivers from the Angels.

After a series of traded the Phillies of 2017 might have a much different look then the team that you see out there each and every night. Gone are Cole Hamels, Ben Revere and Jonathan Papelbon and in their place, the Phillies are hoping for the next batch of players to help bring the Phillies back to the World Series...

Phillies fans can get a glimpse of the future today - they just have to drive to Reading to see it. The Reading Fightin Phils, Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, will send the seventh overall pick in last years MLB amatuer draft, Aaron Nola to the mound in game one of their double-header...

Carlos Zambrano did what he needed to, and that was good to see. Making his first minor league start, he threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings on three hits and two walks, throwing 31 of his 44-pitches for strikes allowing just the one hit while striking out five and allowing just two fly balls to the outfield...

When Keith Law's system and prospect rankings hit ESPN Monday and Tuesday, many a Phillies fan fretted over having the fourth-worst system in baseball and lowest-ranked top prospect of any other team in the bigs.  They shouldn't. Here's why:

On the same day that Matt Gelb and Bob Brookover of the Inquirer released how they ranked the prospects in the Phillies system, ESPN's Keith Law released how he ranked the Phillies system relative to the competition. The result? Fourth-worst...

Every season Baseball America releases it's top ten prospects for each organization in baseball. For the Phillies farm system many players have been traded for and traded away in the last two seasons. With players like Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley getting older young farmhands will need to make an impact right away...

Today on the Sports Bash we caught up with two Phillies prospects; former first round pick Jesse Biddle and Michael Schwimer, who made it to the majors last season.