Monthly Archives: January 2011

2011 Reader Top 30, #19

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

Jon Pettibone easily took care of the voting for #18, so now we move forward. Before we do, just a note, I’ve now set up the comments of posts to where you can reply to someone’s comment directly. Its limited … Continue reading →

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2011 Reader Top 30, #18

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

Matt Rizzotti takes the 17th spot on the list, edging out Jon Pettibone. A few guys got a write in vote, so we’ll go with Josh Zeid. 1. Domonic Brown, OF 2. Jon Singleton, OF 3. Jarred Cosart, RHP 4. … Continue reading →

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Three more profiles: Aumont, Cisco and De Fratus

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Dave has been busy cranking out the profiles, this time churning out writeups on Phillippe Aumont, Mike Cisco and Justin De Fratus. Check them out, and give your thanks to Dave for taking the time to help create these valuable … Continue reading →

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Aumont back to the bullpen

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

Per Matt Gelb, the Phillies have decided to move Phillippe Aumont back to the bullpen. They cite his comfort level there, and I suspect they’ve ascertained that he doesn’t have enough weapons to really make an impact in the rotation. … Continue reading →

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2011 Reader Top 30, #17

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

JC Ramirez pulled ahead of Matt Rizzotti to take the 16th spot, and we now move on to #17. Leandro Castro picked up quite a bit of write-in support, so we’ll add him. 1. Domonic Brown, OF 2. Jon Singleton, … Continue reading →

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2011 Reader Top 30, #16

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

The runoff vote for #14 and 15 was as close as the actual vote, but at some point the madness must end, and so Aaron Altherr takes spot #14, and Phillippe Aumont takes spot #15. That means we move on … Continue reading →

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Brody Colvin profile

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Hey folks. I’d like to thank Dave (posts articles here as “Puko”) and Ryan (posts articles here as rgatta) for offering their help in producing a number of profiles. I had started to write these, but with other endeavors, I … Continue reading →

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2011 Reader Top 30: Runoff for #14/15

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Alrighty, the voting for #14 is extremely close, 4 votes out of 540 total, so we’re going to do a run-off. Choose between either Phillippe Aumont or Aaron Altherr for #14. The runner up is #15, and then we move … Continue reading →

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Escalona Traded to Astros

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Ed Wade continued stocking the Astros shelves with Phils retreads as the recently designated Sergio Escalona was traded to the Astros for 23 year old 2B Albert Cartwright.  Cartwright split time between High A and AA last season hitting a … Continue reading →

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2011 Reader Top 30, #14

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Domingo Santana dominated the competition (like he’ll hopefully dominate Lakewood in 2011) and took home the 13th spot. That means we move on to #14, which should be fairly wide open. JC Ramirez received the most write-in support, so he … Continue reading →

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