Maikel Franco

The Phillies will promote top prospect J.P. Crawford on Tuesday prior to their game against the Mets.

This week's Phillies mailbag looks at the Williamsport series, Maikel Franco's future, and the prospects of Manny Machado.

Rather frequently, Phillies fans have been calling for the promotion of second baseman Scott Kingery.   After hitting 18 home runs at Double-A Reading, Kingery headed to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and got right to work.   In just seven games with the IronPigs, Kingery has already hit four home runs and driven in seven runs...

With the MLB Trade Deadline just over four weeks away, many expect the Phillies to be active participants this year.  With a day off on Thursday, their record stands at 26-51 and GM Matt Klentak has plenty of decisions to make about the roster that will impact the present and future of the franchise...

With the Phillies struggling through what could be one of the worst seasons in franchise history, all possibilities to help improve the team have to be explored.

We are back with another Phillies mailbag.   We take your questions on Twitter each week and post them to Sports Talk Philly and 973espn.com.   We'll talk about them on the Sports Bash with Mike Gill on 2:30 on Tuesday afternoons. Is there any long term concern re: the health of Aaron Nola...

One of the more interesting memorabilia stands at Citizens Bank Park is the "Authentics Shop".   Fans can buy items from game use: baseballs, lineup cards, locker room nameplates and even some jerseys off of a player's back.   Two very interesting items for sale in the Authentics Shop right now are a sign of what might have been ...

The Phillies organization and their fans have been patiently waiting for Maikel Franco to develop into the slugger many scouts and analysts have projected him to be.  His batting average took a dip last season as he struck out 106 times and the expectation was for him to hit more than the 25 Home Runs he tallied in 2016...

The Phillies enter the weekend after their 3-2 extra inning loss to Washington on Friday night, and not only are they already in last place in the NL East, they’ve now lost four games in a row.

The 2016 season was one in which Maikel Franco did not meet expectations.  In a city whose fans had the privilege of seeing one of the greatest Third Basemen in Baseball history cement his Hall of Fame career, the Phillies fans watched Franco put up a ...