John Lannan

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH There's good news and bad news for the Philadelphia Phillies. The bad news first? Okay. Right-hander Roy Halladay will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder and it...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH As Tom Petty once sang, the waiting is the hardest part. Two days after Roy Halladay admitted to shoulder soreness after his second straight disastrous start -- one that fattened...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Ruben Amaro Jr. had just broken one bit of bad news -- the ailing shoulder of Roy Halladay -- when another sore subject was broached by a member of the Phillies' media corps. And...

For years, he's been one of the most feared pitches in MLB -- a surgeon with two Cy Young Awards to his name and the boundless respect of hitters everywhere for having pinpoint control that never escaped him. But as Roy Halladay stood at the center...

Like most pitchers, Jesse Biddle has a routine he follows before his start. The last thing he does before leaving the bullpen is pitch to a simulated hitter, with a hitter standing by the plate and his catcher calling pitches. Last Monday night in...

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...

Maybe it was wishful thinking on John Lannan’s part. About an hour after Lannan told reporters he thought his trip to the disabled list would be limited to 15 days, manager Charlie Manuel and GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said the......

If you thought maybe Friday's ironPigs rainout might give us a hint about who the Phillies are going to pull up to replace injured starter John Lannan, it didn't. The decision, as most of these types on the major league level, will remain a state secret...

Even if the Phillies are losing, get ready to see Jonathan Papelbon take the mound. The closer hasn’t pitched since April 4, the last game in Atlanta. He wasn’t complaining and understands that getting into a game can be tricky......

In a round-about way, Roy Halladay complained about the communication between him and catcher Erik Kratz. Kratz knew nothing about the pitcher’s frustrations. Manager Charlie Manuelsaid Halladay didn’t voice his concerns to him. Yet when...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH Normally, it's Phillies' slugger Ryan Howard who has to wait to face someone fresh entering the game in the late innings. But when the New York Mets decided that Jonathon Niese's...