Player Previews & Exit Interviews
2013 Phillies Player Preview: Ben Revere
Rather than break the bank for Michael Bourn or another free-agent option, the Phillies traded from their stock of young starting pitching to acquire a high-motor defensive standout with game-changing speed. The downside? Zero major league home runs.
2013 Phillies Preview: Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon, for all his minor quirks and foibles, is still one of the elite relievers in the game of baseball today, and should continue to pitch well out of the back end of the Phillies' bullpen.
2013 Phillies Player Preview: Cliff Lee
Will Cliff Lee return back to form this year? And if he doesn't, how much does it matter?
2013 Phillies Player Preview: Mike Adams
Odd though it might sound, the Phillies' $6 million setup man could turn out to be a bargain--if he's healthy.
2013 Phillies Player Preview: John Mayberry
Half an outfielder is better than none.
2013 Phillies Player Preview: Michael Young
Michael Young, former Alaska Goldpanner, joins the Phillies for 2013.
2013 Phillies Player Preview: Jimmy Rollins
Entering his thirteenth season as the Phillies starting shortstop, Jimmy Rollins is coming off a 2012 campaign with deep fluctuations in performance, but with one inescapable conclusion: He's still among the best shortstops in the game.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Justin De Fratus
Existential French philosopher or lockdown seventh inning guy? As usual, no answers here, but lots of odd speculative fiction.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Vance Worley
Recently traded starter Vance Worley was an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a pair of glasses. What do we make of him?
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Shane Victorino
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Phillippe Aumont
As with any one appearance, so with his career path: this hulking Quebecois reliever seems like a 50-50 bet to dominate or implode
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Freddy Galvis
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Hector Luna
A grand slam in his first plate appearance . . . and then all down hill from there.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Placido Polanco
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Roy Halladay
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Jimmy Rollins
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Antonio Bastardo
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.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Juan Pierre
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.
2012 Exit Interview: B.J. Rosenberg
What is there to say about B.J. Rosenberg? This might not be the right moment to ask.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Ryan Howard
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?
2012 #Phillies Exit Interview: Jake Diekman
Called up mid-season from Triple-A, Jake Diekman was one of few bright spots in the Phillies' Cthulian nightmare of a bullpen.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Cliff Lee
In contemplating the Rorschach test of Cliff Lee's complicated good season, only one word comes to mind: whatever.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Chad Qualls
Chad Qualls...something else should go here along with that, but I don't have the time, energy, or intestinal fortitude to figure that out.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Erik Kratz
Injuries to Carlos Ruiz and Brian Schneider gave Erik Kratz his first real shot at a big league job, and boy, did he deliver.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Jonathan Papelbon
Papelbon closed games for the Phillies in 2012 and he was really good at it. Is there any way he can be blamed for 2012? Scapegoating may be wrong, but it feels so good.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Michael Stutes
Following a lost season that included shoulder surgery, Michael Stutes had a rather fearsome end-of-season exit interview with Ruben Amaro Jr.
2012 Phillies Exit interview: Chase Utley
To be the man, you gotta beat the man, and the only thing that can beat Chase Utley is his knees.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Jim Thome
Some departing words with future Hall of Famer Jim Thome, whose return to Philadelphia was cut short by the cruelties of the National League.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Jason Pridie
Jason Pridie apparently played for the Phillies this season. Yeah, I know. I don't remember either.
2012 Phillies Exit Interviews: Tyler Cloyd
Tyler Cloyd's season in review and with some perspective, along with a new attitude for the non-descript fifth starter.
Phillies Exit Interview: John Mayberry, Jr.
Counted on to duplicate or at least approach his 2011 numbers, Mayberry struggled badly in the first half before showing signs of life late in the season as the team's nearly full-time center fielder.
2012 Phillies Exit Interview: Michael Martinez
Utility player extraordinaire Michael Martinez completes his exit interview for the 2012 season.