The Philadelphia Phillies will feature red uniform jerseys for certain home games during the 2016 season.The club has announced that the red jerseys are scheduled to be worn a half-dozen times, during mid-week afternoon games. The debut of the new red home uniform jersey will take place early in the year, on Thursday, April 14th in a scheduled 1:05pm … Continue reading Phillies will be going red in 2016
Looking ahead to Phillies 2016 outfield mix
On April 6th, 2015 for Opening Day against the Boston Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies starting outfield consisted of Ben Revere in left, Odubel Herrera in center, and Grady Sizemore in right field.Six months later, on October 4th, the Phillies closed out the season hosting the Miami Marlins with a starting outfield of Darin Ruf in left, Aaron Altherr in center, and Jeff Francoeur in right field. During … Continue reading Looking ahead to Phillies 2016 outfield mix
Phillies now surprisingly counting on Jerad Eickhoff
In that trade, the Phils sent ace homegrown lefty Cole Hamels to the Lone Star State in exchange for catcher Jorge Alfaro, outfielder Nick Williams, and pitchers Jake Thompson, Alec Asher, and Jerad Eickhoff.Eickhoff is not listed last there by happenstance. The fact is that at the time of the deal, Eickhoff was the most anonymous of the pieces coming back to … Continue reading Phillies now surprisingly counting on Jerad Eickhoff
Philadelphia Phillies likely 2016 Opening Day lineup
The Phils are scheduled to take the field for a 4:10pm game at Great American Ball Park on Monday, April 4th against the host Cincinnati Reds. The likelihood is that Cincy will be starting one of two righthanders, either Anthony DeSclafani or Raisel Iglesias.If that is indeed the case, then it almost certainly means that the Phillies own Opening Day lineup has … Continue reading Philadelphia Phillies likely 2016 Opening Day lineup
Phillies are indeed tanking the 2016 MLB season
The Philadelphia Phillies organization appears content to sacrifice another season of “tanking”, losing in the short-term, in hopes of longer term success.Some around Major League Baseball have characterized their approach in just that manner, as intentional “tanking”, similar to the approach being utilized for years now, without much success to this point, by the local … Continue reading Phillies are indeed tanking the 2016 MLB season
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