The first week of 2018 was another quiet hot stove week for Phillies fans.
The Phillies finally announce some previously reported transactions and extend a first round of invitations to major league spring training.
The Phillies signed an 18-year old New Zealand pitcher.
Several young Phillies prospects attended the Rookie Career Development Program.
A Phillies big leaguer got in to trouble during the winter league playoffs.
Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of January 7, 2018
Happy New Year! The hot stove was very quiet this past week.
Baseball America posted a story about expansion and realignment. That’ll get our minds off a pitch clock, won’t it?
The Phuture Phillies’ Reader Top 30 is in full swing. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of December 31st
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Happy Holiday Season to all. Very little Phillies’ activity this week.
The Phillies announced their minor league coaching staffs and development team.
A couple recent transactions have been finalized.
A handful of DSL players were released. There’s a nice holiday present.
Phuture Phillies’ Reader Top 30 will begin this week. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of December 24th
The Phillies’ hot stove season went from low to medium with some transactional activity at the Winter Meetings. Their stove cranked up to high with a trade and free agent signing on Friday.
The Phillies finally completed their major league coaching staff when they announced their first base coach.
Phuture Phillies is prepared to begin its Reader Top 30, watch for the opening srticle. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of December 17th
Someone finally lit the burner under the hot stove season. Shohei Otani picked a team and Giancarlo Stanton accepted a trade. Hopefully this will encourage some more trades and free agent signings.
The Phillies signed a prospect and cleared some space on their 40-man roster before heading to Orlando for the Winter Meetings. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of December 10th
The hot stove season continues, but there has been little action on the trade front.
The Phillies tendered contracts to their arbitration eligible players and announced some additional changes to the major league coaching staff. They also announced a lot of front office promotions and hires.
Shohei Ohtani has finally posted and has identified the some of the teams he has and hasn’t interest in.
The Stanton situation has moved to a new level of discourse.
Teams prepare for the Winter Meetings next week.
The hot stove season continues. There was a flurry of transactions as the Phillies set their 40-man roster before the November 20th deadline.
The Phillies added an assistant hitting coach to the major league staff.
Former Phillies RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez was killed in a car accident in his native Cuba.
The commissioner levied penalties against the Atlanta Braves for international signing violations.
A sad week for Phillies’ fans as a memorial service for Roy Halladay was held in Clearwater.
As the hot stove season continues, there was very little public movement by the Phillies at the GM meeting Orlando, FL. It’s probable that the somber week was responsible for the relative lack of announcements by the Phillies.
Late Friday, the Phillies announced the hiring of another coach to Gabe Kapler’s staff.
There were no player transactions as the Phillies approach Monday’s deadline for adding players to the 40-man roster to avoid being eligible for the Rule 5 draft.
The deadline for the nine players who received qualifying offers has passed.
Fifteen of the 16 Phillies’ minor players who were eligible opted for free agency.
The hot stove season continues. The GMs meeting begins tomorrow in Orlando, FL.
I’ve been watching a lot of MLB Hot Stove this week. They scroll each team’s KEY FA across the bottom of the screen during the show along with some other baseball information. The Phillies KEY FA are RHP Clay Buchholz, 3B Andres Blanco, LF Daniel Nava, and OF Hyun Soo Kim. Every time I see this I can’t help but smile. I think it’s the use of the word KEY. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of November 12th
The hot stove season is starting to heat up. Organizations and players are making decisions regarding qualifying offers, options, and free agency. Four Phillies have already opted for free agency – RHP Clay Buchholz, 3B Andres Blanco, LF Daniel Nava, and OF Hyun Soo Kim. Pedro Florimon, who just came off the 60-day DL is the only other potential free agent on the 40-man roster. Continue reading Open Discussion: Week of November 5th
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