Ruben Amaro, Jr.

You all might be glued to blogs, Twitter and any number of Web sites as the trade deadline approaches. Not Dom Brown. “I don't mess with that,” he said. That's playing with fire. I don't do that.” Once again, Brown’s......

Must be something about July 29. For the third consecutive year, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. pulled off a major trade on July 29. In 2009, the Phillies got Cliff Lee. Last year, it was Roy Oswalt. And this year it......

Word broke in L.A. last night that Placido Polanco has a sports hernia. GM Ruben Amaro Jr.told writers in L.A. that the Phillies All-Star third baseman will receive an injection today and then will be re-evaluated Friday when the team......

'At a time when most minor-league managers are losing players to September call-ups, the IronPigs' Ryne Sandberg welcomed back All-Star reliever Michael Schwimer on Friday. Schwimer was sent back to the IronPigs on Tuesday night to make room on the...

The Phillies and Placido Polanco are still playing the waiting game. After the pain of his sports hernia increased to a nine on a scale of 1-10 last weekend, the All-Star third baseman’s discomfort level decreased --- he said to......

How important was the IronPigs' come-from-behind Sunday night? Well, they woke to a steady rain this morning, and the chance of rain on weaterh.com's hourly forecast dips below 70 percent just between 1 and 3 p.m., and then only to 40, 40 and 30 percent....

--Shane Victorino's suspension was reduced by Major League Baseball from three games to two games, and it begins tonight. --Ryan Howard has a "really slight sprain" in his right hand, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said, and is not in tonight's......

I'm not expecting the Phillies will get in Saturday's 1:05 game against the Marlins, even though GM Ruben Amaro Jr. emphasized that the last thing they want to do at this point in the season is postpone another they. They......

Some quick notes before Monday’s game…. --JIMMY ROLLINS UPDATE: Ruben Amaro Jr. said he doesn’t think his shortstop will come off the DL Tuesday, the first day he’s eligible too. “He’s doing well, and I think he’s...

Ruben Amaro Jr. got some surprising news Tuesday afternoon. During a meeting between him, assistant GMs Chuck LaMar and Benny Looper, LaMar resigned. The announcement to the media came in the middle of Tuesday's game. Amaro said he didn’t see......

A quick update on Chase Utley.... After getting hit in the head with a 91 mph sinker in the sixth inning Wednesday, he was pulled for a pinch hitter in the eighth because Charlie Manuel said he was having headaches.......

Another roster move is just a day or two away. After throwing well in his rehab outing with Triple-A Lehigh Valley, right-hander Jose Contreras could be activated as early as Wednesday. Although being that he threw 20 pitches in two......