ruben amaro

The Phillies announced today that the club has elected not to extend the contract of Senior Vice President & General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr.  The team has named Assistant General Manager Scott Proefrock as Interim General Manager, effective immediately. ...

Today on the Stark Report, we discussed the Phillies deal of Chase Utley, how it happened, why now was the right time, the reaction from the fans in LA and more. Plys Stark discussed the Phillies farm system and the job the front office did in putting the farm system back together...

After 13 years in Philadelphia, the Phillies have traded Chase Utley and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for INF/OF Darnell Sweeney and right-handed pitcher John Richy.

7.31.15: Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro has been quite active during this 2015 MLB trade deadline. After shipping Johnathan Papelbon off to the Nationals, Cole Hamels was sent to Texas. Amaro talked about the process of negotiations in saying that he and Jon Daniels have been working on this trade for "6-8 months...

Monday 6.22.15 on The Sports Bash: Todd Zolecki joined Mike Gill to talk about some of the speculation from over the weekend that some major changes could be coming to the Phillies. The rumors are also there in that Ryne Sandberg has "lost the clubhouse...

You may be able to wait past 2017 or 2018 to reorder your Phillies season tickets. In an interview with reporters yesterday, Phillies president Pat Gillick spoke on a number of pressing issues and admitted that the rebuild may "take a little longer" than the previous three or four year timeline he placed on it...

Changes seem to be on the horizon for the Philadelphia Phillies. As the team continues to struggle and remain the worst team in baseball, there could be a massive overhaul this coming offseason. According to a report, the possibility of long-time baseball executive Andy MacPhail being hired as team president is real...

If Ruben Amaro had any Phillies fans defending him, they just jumped overboard. It's been a longtime wish of most Phillies fans in wanting to see the youth movement towards the future at the big league level. In a piece with CSN Philly's Jim Salisbury, the long tenured Phillies general manager doubled down on Phillies fans when hard pressed about the criticism he's been receiving...

Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels finally won his first game, yielding just one run over seven innings on Monday versus the Cardinals.

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...