Ruben Amaro, Jr.

Michael Schwimer doesn't understand what all the media and fan fuss is about. The Phillies/IronPigs relief pitcher said he informed the organization last Thursday, the day he was optioned back to the minors, that he was going to seek a second medical...

UPDATE, 10:01 A.M.: The deal is official -- Phillies SVP and GM Ruben Amaro, Jr. announced that Hamels has signed a six-year extention worth $144 million. The deal keeps Hamels with the team through 2018, with a club/vesting option for......

Ah, life in the minors ... Ryne Sandberg woke up this morning expecting to send B.J. Rosenberg to the mound at McCoy Stadium tonight against Pawtucket. Instead, he put the right hander on a plane to Philadelphia. The Phillies called up Rosenberg to...

In 2010 when the Giants won the World Series, the Phillies, coming off back-to-back World Series appearances, were supposed to be the ones representing the National League. Two years later, Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins watched San Francisco...

Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker is resting in a Chicago hospital room after an incident of irregular heartbeat. Detroit manager Jim Leyland is without a contract for the 2013 season. Why does/should this matter around here? Because those could be two...

When Dan Duquette was hired roughly a year ago as the club’s executive vice president, the Orioles pointed to his impressive track record in the past with the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. He was in charge of some very good teams –...

Picture this: Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro Jr. sitting around a large table with other front office members and scouts who are armed with a myriad of statistics, entrenched opinions and passionate voices. Don't, though, think for a second that Manuel...

PHILADELPHIA --- If there's one common belief among Phillies insiders and those outside the organization ---scouts, reporters and fans --- it's that the bullpen personnel needs to be addressed. I'm not arguing with that, but let's narrow the focus a bit....

PHILADELPHIA — It's a good news, bad news scenario. Let's get the bad news out of the way first. Few players are as familiar with the challenges of moving from second base to third base as Placido Polanco. The 14-year veteran has won Gold...

Growing up in pre-Rockies Colorado, Scott Elarton — like countless fans in non-major league markets in the pre-ESPN, pre-MLB Network era — got most of his baseball fix watching the Chicago Cubs on Superstation WGN. "I knew all the Cubs guys,"...

Chase Utley, here and gone. Ryan Howard, here and gone. it shouldn't surprise anyone that Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told the beat writers in New York that Ryan Howard "would likely" rejoin the team Friday night when Atlanta comes to...

Maybe your concerns when the game is turned over to the bullpen will be more manageable. A day after the Phillies sent LHP Joe Savery to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and called up RHP Brian Sanches, the Phillies designated Chad Qualls......