Joe Savery

When it comes to deciding who's going to play where defensively, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has loads of flexibility. Ty Wigginton can play first, second or third base. Laynce Nix can man left field or first. John Mayberry Jr. can go to any of the...

PHILADELPHIA — Front office staffers in charge of amateur scouting and player development, such as Marti Wolever and Joe Jordan, spend more time sleeping in hotels than their own bedrooms. Scouts find themselves in uncomfortable ball park seats...

Good evening, boys and girls, and welcome to the return of our periodic rants against our favorite baseball rule (and hopefully one of yours as well), the save rule. And this time, we'll drag its equally idiotic (and even less understood) cousin into...

Remember that home-grown starting staff everyone was so excited about when the ironPigs season began ... ? B.J. Rosenberg became the third starter promoted to the Phillies when he was summoned Friday to replace Raul Valdes, who was optioned back to the...

At least so far it doesn’t appear to be anything serious. Ryan Howard is not in tonight’s starting lineup. Manager Charlie Manuel said his first baseman told him during Thursday’s game that his right groin was bothering him. Before...

The Phillies were expected to release the minor league rosters Thursday afternoon. However, minor league director Joe Jordan backed off on that timetable late Thursday morning, saying the uncertainty over the final few spots on the Phillies major league...

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-...

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- One man's guess on the make-up of the 2013 IronPigs Opening Day 25-man roster ... Postiion players Infielders: Cody Overbeck (1b), Cesar Hernandez (2b), Michael Martinez (ss), Cody Asche (3b), Josh Fields (1b/3b/dh/of), Pete Orr (util)...

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...

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....

There are times when you should just slow down and smell the roses (I hate coffee). Monday night I wrote in my IronPigs story that only Joe Savery (16 in 2009), Ryan Madson (16 in 2002), Rich Hunter (19 in 1995) and Jay Davisson (16 in 1983) have had...