J.C. Ramirez

It really wouldn't have mattered if Tom Cochran and the IronPigs bullpen came out Sunday and held Rochester to a run. The way Kyle Gibson handled the Lehigh Valley bats, that one run would've been plenty anyway. The Rochester right-hander and...

When the Phillies released veteran Aaron Cook in spring training, it was a sign about the commitment they had made to their young pitchers at Triple-A, saying they’d be the ones to fill in when and if a need arose on the major league level. The...

Before Saturday night's game with Indianapolis, IronPigs manager Dave Brundage talked about the aggressiveness of Leandro Castro at the plate. "It kind of showed against Buffalo and all those [veteran guys]. They weren't going to give him anything...

Home has been anything but sweet to IronPigs starting pitchers this season — or to the IronPigs overall, for that matter. Indianapolis jumped on B.J. Rosenberg for three runs in the first four innings, then broke the game open with a four-run...

Jesse Biddle and Anthony Hewitt are former Phillies first-round draft picks. Both began the current season on the Reading roster. Their similarities, however, pretty much end there. Biddle, the 27th overall selection in 2010 as a high school senior,...

Trying to beat a team hitting a collective .333 is tough enough. Handing them extra base runners makes the job pretty close to impossible. Lehigh Valley pitchers walked 14 Buffalo batters, hit another and threw a wild pitch while the IronPigs also...

While I wait for my connecting flight home in Charlotte, here's the rekeases frin /readubg abd Lakewood on their rosters. There was no release on the Clearwater roister on the Threshers web site: Fightin Phils 2013 Opening Day Roster Announced Manager...

Down here in spring training the Phillies separate their prospects into five workout groups, the first four basically representing the four full-season affiliates (Lehigh Valley, Readijng, Clearwater, Lakewood) and the fifth a combination of short-...

The wait is over. The Phillies announced their pitching schedule for the upcoming Grapefruit League games, including the starter for Saturday's opener. FRIDAY'S INTRASQUAD GAME -Adam Morgan, Ethan Martin, Cesar Jimenez, Jonathan Pettibone, Mauricio...

Third baseman Cody Asche and catcher Tommy Joseph, two of the more impressive young players in Phillies camp this spring, were among the six players assigned to minor league camp today. The others were left hander Adam Morgan, right handers J.C. Ramirez...

The Phillies have agreed to 2013 major league contracts with the following 12 players: Six pitchers: Jeremy Horst (L), Ethan Martin (R), J.C. Ramirez (R), Mauricio Robles (L), Michael Stutes (R) and Raul Valdes (L). Four outfielders: Zach Collier, Tyson.....

Monday's announcement that the Phillies have brought back Chad Durbin, a member of their 2008 World Series champion bullpen, indicates that the team will have three bullpen slots available for the Opening Day roster when spring training begins next month....