The Phillies (29-31) got an early scare during today’s ball game as starter Vince Velasquez exited the ball game after throwing only two pitches and facing one batter. Velasquez threw two pitches in the mid-80s which is nowhere near his usual velocity in the mid-90s. The team said during the game that Velasquez exited with “right bicep soreness.” Velasquez doesn’t imagine …

The on-going saga for the Phillies of what to do with Ryan Howard has reached its breaking point. Howard has hit 9 home runs this year, but his batting average, on base percentage, and OPS aren’t just bad, they’re atrocious. Fans have even started throwing things at Howard, giving people yet another reason to hate Philly fans (but that’s another …

The Phillies (29-30) kept this season’s theme of one-run victories going tonight, as tonight’s game went down to the wire, but Jeanmar Gomez was electric in tonight’s ballgame, keeping the Cubs (40-17) at bay in his six out save and preserving the Phillies win. Jerad Eickhoff has been improving mightily since his rocky start to the season, and tonight’s performance one of his best all season. The …

For the first eight innings of tonight’s ballgame, the Cubs (40-16) were dominant in every way possible. They got dominant pitching, clutch hitting, and played solid defense. The Phillies (28-30) faced a 6-0 deficit heading into their final at-bats and back-to-back home runs by Freddy Galvis and Tommy Joseph cut the lead to 6-4 and gave the Phillies a chance. But in …

The Phillies (28-29) played a fantastic game in every facet from start to finish as they dropped the Brewers (26-31) by a final score of 8-1 and earn a split in the four game series between the two. The Phillies offense was powered by the long ball and a five run 5th inning that put the Brew Crew away in …

It’s never a good sign when the leadoff batter for the opposing team hits a homerun to open up the scoring. Jonathan Villar, a former Phillies prospect who seems to have found his home in Milwaukee, hit the first of three hits over the wall in right field as he helped the Brewers (26-30) jump out to an early lead. The …

It has been a rough week for the Philadelphia Phillies ball club. The team has struggled at the plate and on the mound, manager Pete Mackanin decided to bench the Phillies starting first basemen for the past 10 years, Ryan Howard, in favor of the younger Tommy Joseph, and the team dipped below .500 for the first time since early …

It’s no secret Ruben Amaro Jr. was not a very well liked man in the city of Philadelphia for much of his tenure as the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s also no secret he made some very questionable moves that forced the Phillies to make a complete overhaul and rebuild for the future. He took a team that was …

Going into the 2016 campaign, the Phillies and their fans knew it would be another tough season, beginning with spring training working to field a team just capable of holding down the fort until the future is recalled. With a couple of promising arms in Aaron Nola and Vince Velasquez joining the rotation, and budding superstar Maikel Franco heading the …

The Phillies learned they would be without left hander Daniel Stumpf, 25, for 80 games, in surprising news. The 12th pick in last year’s Rule 5 draft pick from the Royals was suspended for testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug dehydrochlormethyltestosterone, an anabolic steroid, and the Phillies were notified Thursday of the violation. The suspension is effective immediately starting with …