John Mayberry Jr.

The Phillies traded outfielder John Mayberry to the Blue Jays in exchange for infielder Gustavo Pierre.  Mayberry Jr. has been on the 15-day disabled list with left wrist inflammation. Pierre, a utility infielder by trade, spent most of the 2014 campaign at High-A Dunedin where he hit ...

CHICAGO -- Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and an RBI single, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2 on Friday in the opener of Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary season. John Mayberry Jr. also had a two-run drive for his fourth career pinch-hit homer as Philadelphia bounced back after dropping the last two games of its opening series in Texas...

In what seems like the longest, most drama filled Phillies spring training in recent memory - the Phillies received more bad news. Darin Ruf will be sidelined for 4-6 weeks after being diagnosed with a Grade 1/2 left oblique strain.  Ruf will now have to wait until sometime in May to make his season debut, he has felt some discomfort in his left oblique for the last week and aggravated the ailment

Phillies avoided arbitration with OF John Mayberry by agreeing to a one-year, $1.5875 million contract.

John Mayberry Jr. appears to be part of GM Ruben Amaro's plans for the Phillies 2014 roster. Even if last season was Mayberry's worst yet. Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Mayberry, who last year hit .227/.286/.391 in 134 games, across the board his lowest rate of three big league seasons, is likely to receive a tender through arbitration...

PHILADELPHIA—If only it was only Chase Utley’s absence. But his replacement at second base for the Phillies tonight, Freddy Galvis, wasn’t responsible for any of fielding gaffes that cost them, and if anything bailed them out. And Utley himself has stumbled as much against lefties this year as the rest of the lineup did tonight against Pittsburgh Pirates southpaw starter Jeff Locke...

PHILADELPHIA—It wasn’t just one botched ball. Delmon Young, making his first minor league rehab assignment start yesterday in Class-A Clearwater, booted one in the seventh inning to let a runner take an extra bag. But more troubling, maybe, was that the 27-year-old right fielding hopeful poorly misplayed the first ball put in play, an eventual triple for the Lakeland Flying Tigers that scouts ther

PHILADELPHIA—Cliff Lee looked and talked like he’d been used to the treatment. He sat relaxed atop the table at the center of the Citizens Bank Park clubhouse late Monday. Every so often, he kicked one of his dangling legs, as if he was bored...

Flaws. Holes. Limits. That's what the Phillies have at third base and in the outfield. That's what they need to contend next year. That's right. Flaws. Holes. Limits. Quit the hopes for signings and trades and splashes. None are expected before the first bout of general manager's meetings ends Friday -- reports are Ruben Amaro has only feelers, no offers or specifics or anything, really -- but non

The Phillies will decline Ty Wigginton's $4 million option this offseason. The Phillies have a lot of younger, cheaper options around that make Wigginton and his $4 million price tag expendable.  With Ryan Howard back playing first base everyday, coupled with the emergence of Kevin Frandsen as either the third basemen or top utility player, plus Darin Ruf as the back-up to Howard, Wigginton is not