Keith Law

Chase Utley will return from the disabled list on Friday and interim manager Pete Mackanin says he expects Utley to play around four games per week. Utley remains a very possible August trade candidate, but must show that he is fully healthy from his nagging ankle injury that has had him on the shelf since June 22...

The Phillies farm system seems to be on the up. In a recent update to his Top 25 prospect list, Keith Law ranked shortstop J.P. Crawford fourth in the league. At the start of the 2015 season, Law originally had Crawford ranked seventh, but moved him up three spots in just two months...

While opening day didn't quite go the way Cole Hamels would have liked, allowing four runs -- all on solo home runs -- in five innings, his name will continue to surface in trade talks between now and the July 31 deadline. But now that the season has started, what is the right way to handle the Hamels situation moving forward...

Keith Law, ESPN insider, With Mike Gill

Miss the Sports Bash or do you just want to listen to it again? The Sports Bash ON DEMAND gives you the chance to go back and hear what you missed. Its the Sports Bash with Mike Gill and Todd Ranck. Here is today’s show: Tuesday June 10th, 2014 Sportsbash Stock Exchange Derek Bodner Our Sixers insider, part of Liberty Ballers, called in to talk about the ESPN report saying that the Sixers are aft

The Phillies rotation just got an upgrade. According to reports, the Phillies have signed AJ Burnett to a one year deal.  Burnett signed with the Phillies after being courted by the Nationals, Orioles, and Pirates. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports the Pirates offered Burnett $12 million to return for 2014...

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:

The winter meetings have come to a close and the Phillies made a few moves to change the look of their team, making moves to bring in center fielder Ben Revere and third baseman Michael Young, which was announced officially Saturday.  In exchange the Phillies lost a couple of pitchers, including Vance Worley and Josh Lindblom, plus minor league arms Trevor May and Lisalverto Bonilla...

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ESPN.com's Keith Law joined Mike Gill on the Sports Bash, Wednesday and offered his scouting reports on the players the Phillies received in return for Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence. Phillies acquired catcher Tommy Joseph, outfielder Nate Schierholtz and pitcher Seth Rosin from the Giants for Pence and cash considerations and acquired pitchers Josh Lindblom and Ethan Martin and a player to be n