Category Archives: Carpenter, Drew

Madson to DL; Carpenter Recalled

Ryan Madson was placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to June 19 with the hand injury.  He’s eligible to return on July 4.  Andrew Carpenter was recalled.  After being DFA’ed during spring training, Carpenter has been reborn as a middle reliever, pitching to … Continue reading

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Carpenter to the ‘pen

In what has been a whirlwind week for Pitcher Drew Carpenter  (and with a scarcity of Minor League News), Todd Zolecki is reporting that the Phils have decided to move Carpenter to the bullpen.  This time last week, Carpenter had … Continue reading

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Phils reacquire Brian Schlitter, DFA Drew Carpenter

The Phils claimed RHP Brian Schlitter, 25, off of waivers today from the Yankees.  Schlitter was originally the Phillies 16th round pick in the 2007 draft and was traded away to Chicago in 2008 for Scott Eyre.  Schlitter a big righty made … Continue reading

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Carpenter Called Up, Kendrick Optioned

The Phillies optioned starter Kyle Kendrick to AAA Lehigh Valley after a very rough outing for him against the Cardinals last night that featured multiple mound visits by Rich Dubee.  Called up to fill in Kendrick’s roster spot is right … Continue reading

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Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

A crazy week in Allentown with a continued roster makeover, some by injury, and some by design.  Domonic Brown’s Lehigh Valley debut definitely added an atmosphere of excitement with simply his presence, and his play this week added to the … Continue reading

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Lehigh Valley Weekly Report

Yet another in a fairly long line of awful weeks for Lehigh Valley, going 2-5 on the week, and are now at 20-33, and in last place of the Northern Division of the IL, 11.5 games behind division leading Syracuse. … Continue reading

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Carpenter Live Blog

Andrew Carpenter is trying to bounce back from two of his more difficult starts in what has been an extremely consistent year for him.  His opponent tonight, Norfolk, is the same team he faced last week when he gave up … Continue reading

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Threshers 2008 Recap

The 2008 Threshers had a hard act to follow from the fans perspective after the 2007 team took the season to it’s limit by going to the post season and winning the whole thing by bringing home a F.S.L. Championship. … Continue reading

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Andrew Carpenter called up

There ya go. First baseman Andy Tracy’s stay with the Phillies was short-lived. The Phillies designated him for assignment today and purchased the contract of pitcher Andrew Carpenter from Double A Reading. Carpenter is being called up largely because the … Continue reading

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Clearwater Threshers Report

The Clearwater Threshers have continued to struggle over the last couple of weeks since my last Clearwater report. They have a second half record of 10-18 and are currently 11.5 games out of first. Obviously the biggest news in Clearwater … Continue reading

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