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Phillies second baseman Chase Utley took soft-toss and fielded grounders prior to games this week.

Phillies ace Cole Hamels had to be scratched from his scheduled start against the Cardinals on Friday, but he is on track to make his next scheduled start on Wednesday against the Yankees at Yankees Stadium.

Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro said today that one team has "stepped up and has shown more particular interest" in Cole Hamels over the last few days. According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe one source from the Phillies told him that the Yankees have "come the closest" of any team this winter to landing Hamels in a trade...

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says he will retire after this season, ending one of the greatest careers in the history of baseball's most storied franchise. The 39-year-old captain posted a long letter on his Facebook page Wednesday saying that 2014 will be his final year...

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that the Phillies have expressed interest in Vernon Wells. Wells was designated for assignment by the Yankees last week and passed through waivers unclaimed, as they decided to just eat the $2...

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CLEARWATER, Fla.—Major league employment is often a zero-sum proposition. Rodrigo Lopez being optioned to Triple-A, as he was on Monday before the big-league Phillies take on the New York Yankees at Bright House Field here, likely solidifies Aaron Cook’s spot...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stephen Strasburg joined his teammates for an off-day workout at Nationals Park on Tuesday, red socks pulled nearly up to his knees while tossing baseballs in the outfield a day before the first postseason game in the nation's capital in 79 years...

And not necessarily among others. Davidoff (New York Post) notes the folly in (1) holding out hope for Brett Garnder, who’s only played nine games this season and, after suffering his third setback rehabbing a right elbow, doesn’t look to be playing too many more (2) relying on Raul Ibanez (40) and Andruw Jones (35) the rest of the way, (3) banking on Kosuke Fukudome (just three days younger

Ready? Hungry? OK. (In a near-weekender special, in homage of Burger King's brilliant stroke of confectionary, artery-clogging genious...) Let's !!! AUDIO (CSN Philly):  Chahhhlie seems pretty pumped about the Phils 6-1 win over the Twins, to take their first series in their last four...