Existential French philosopher or lockdown seventh inning guy? As usual, no answers here, but lots of odd speculative fiction.
Recently traded starter Vance Worley was an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a pair of glasses. What do we make of him?
As with any one appearance, so with his career path: this hulking Quebecois reliever seems like a 50-50 bet to dominate or implode
Existential French philosopher or lockdown seventh inning guy? As usual, no answers here, but lots of odd speculative fiction.
Recently traded starter Vance Worley was an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a pair of glasses. What do we make of him?
The long time center fielder's tenure in Philadelphia officially came to an end in 2012 with a trade deadline deal to the Los Angeles Dodgers. We take one last look at Shane Victorino, no questions asked.
While his defensive was as advertised, Galvis' 2012 season was representative of the team at large: a lot of hype, little performance, with a PED suspension thrown in just for fun.
A grand slam in his first plate appearance . . . and then all down hill from there.
Returning back to Philadelphia in 2009 on a three year, $18 million deal, Polanco ends his run in Philadelphia much older and broken down than before.
Roy Halladay, baseball's Captain America, didn't have a very good season. And instead of ignoring it, I had to write about it in detail.
A review of Jimmy Rollins' 2012 season, appropriately reimagined using the work of an opium-addled 19th century poet. It was that kind of year.
The young left handed reliever followed a historic 2011 season with an erratic performance in 2012, but a closer look at the numbers reveals plenty of reason to be optimistic going forward.
The erstwhile Phillie-killer hit over .300, stole 37 bases, and provided Chris Wheeler a season-long low-level current of pleasure. Not bad at all for $800,000.
What is there to say about B.J. Rosenberg? This might not be the right moment to ask.
Ryan Howard returned from a ruptured Achilles tendon with a subpar year. Is this a sign of things to come as he plays out his massive contract? Or is this what was expected following such a disruptive injury?
Called up mid-season from Triple-A, Jake Diekman was one of few bright spots in the Phillies' Cthulian nightmare of a bullpen.
In contemplating the Rorschach test of Cliff Lee's complicated good season, only one word comes to mind: whatever.
Chad Qualls at Baseball Reference Chad Qualls at Fangraphs Did you read those? Good, save me a lot of effort and grief. I...don't really know what else to say. 31 1/3 innings of disaster. Home...
Injuries to Carlos Ruiz and Brian Schneider gave Erik Kratz his first real shot at a big league job, and boy, did he deliver.