Joe Savery

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)...

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 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...

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...

Sebastian Valle and Cesar Hernandez are probably the two best position prospects in the Phillies minor league system. Both will make their IronPigs debut tonight against Pawtucket after being promoted from Double-A Reading on Wednesday. Hernandez is...

The excitement about likely getting Chase Utley back this week hasn't even settled and there's encouraging news about Ryan Howard. Assuming all goes well with a functioning test Howard will have on his left Achilles on Wednesday in Philadelphia, the......

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......

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...

After a 2010 draft class in which the Phillies took pitchers with four of their first five picks, they changed their focus last year (they took four position players) and will continue along that path this year. “Honestly, we’d like......