Phillies Sign Marlon Byrd To 2-Year, $16 Million Deal
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Phillies have signed outfielder Marlon Byrd to a two-year, $16 million contract, Senior Vice President & General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced Tuesday night. The...
View ArticleFans Don’t Like Marlon Byrd Signing By Phillies
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Yesterday, the Phillies signed OF, Marlon Byrd, to a two year deal worth $16 million. Byrd, 36, is coming off his best hitting season of his career (24 HR, 88 RBI, .291/.336/.511)....
View ArticleBLOG: Phillies Having Second Thoughts About Spending Money?
By Bill Campbell The Phillies It looks like the Phillies are having some second thoughts about spending money. A few years ago Ruben Amaro, who runs the Phillies’ front office, kept hearing the same...
View ArticleMarlon Byrd Feels At Home With The Phillies
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Phillies traded Marlon Byrd just before they went on their run of playoff appearances. Instead of being bitter about being traded, Byrd feels like he was a part of the Phillies...
View ArticleRicky Ledee Jokes That He’s ‘Waiting For A Call From The Phillies’
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – With the signings of Bobby Abreu and Marlon Byrd, the Phillies are 2/3 of the way in recreating their 2004 outfield. If Pat Burrell doesn’t want to return, the Phillies might have...
View ArticleWith The 2014 Phillies, Should We Be Counting Down the Days Till July?
By Joseph Santoliquito Philadelphia, PA (CBS)—Somewhere Chase Utley has to be smoldering. He’s not used to hearing this kind of talk, of how the 2014 Phillies’ season is shot before the first pitch is...
View ArticleCliff Lee Pitches 5 Scoreless, Phillies Beat Red Sox 4-1
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Cliff Lee pitched five scoreless innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night. Lee allowed three hits, struck out three...
View ArticleRollins Homers Again As Phils Top Twins 5-1
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins homered for the second straight day and the Phillies cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Rollins finished 2 for 2...
View ArticlePhillies Finalize Opening Day Roster
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Phillies have finalized their Opening Day roster for the 2014 regular season. The Opening Day roster includes 12 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders and five outfielders....
View ArticlePhillies Home Opener Pushed Back
By Bill Campbell PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – I wonder when the last opening day to a baseball season was cancelled. It happened to the Phillies this week. Pushing back a full day for the opener is quite rare....
View ArticleByrd’s 4 RBIs Help Phillies Beat Dodgers 7-3
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carlos Ruiz capped his most productive series of the season so far with another clutch hit, and made a key defensive play at the plate to help the Philadelphia Phillies win a series...
View ArticleHoward, Asche Homer To Lead Phils Over Nats 7-2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A.J. Burnett isn’t much for numbers except when it comes to strikeouts. Ryan Howard and Cody Asche homered, and Burnett fanned seven in six solid innings to lead the...
View ArticlePhillies Beat Reds 8-3 Behind 4 Home Runs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jimmy Rollins, Wil Nieves and the Phillies picked up Sunday right where they left off the night before. Rollins and Nieves opened the first inning with back-to-back homers and...
View ArticleDuda Hits 2-Run HR In 11th, Lifts Mets Over Phils
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer with two outs in the 11th, lifting the New York Mets over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Sunday in the third straight extra-innings game between the...
View ArticleDespite 3 HR’s, Phillies Fall To Reds 6-5
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds used a well-rounded effort to end their losing streak on Saturday, overcoming three Phillies homeruns. Jay Bruce homered and drove in three runs and the Reds...
View ArticleCBSSports.com: Fantasy Baseball Week 14 Starts And Sits
By Chris Cwik, CBSSports.com Each Friday the fantasy baseball experts at CBSSports.com break down who to start and who to sit for the upcoming week of fantasy baseball. It’s hard to preach patience...
View ArticleBraves Win Nightcap 5-1 To Sweep Phillies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Doumit homered and Tommy La Stella had two doubles and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a doubleheader sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies with a 5-1...
View ArticlePhillies Swept By Braves In Four-Game Series
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An offensive funk sent the Phillies to a four-game sweep by the Atlanta Braves. B.J. Upton tripled and drove in two runs Sunday to lead streaking Atlanta to a 3-2 victory over the...
View ArticlePhillies Can’t Slow Down McCutchen, Pirates In 8-2 Rout
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies were all but out of their game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after just one rough inning. Pittsburgh jumped on Roberto Hernandez in the first inning, scored...
View ArticleReport: Mariners Have Interest In Marlon Byrd
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Phillies are deciding between whether to stand pat or trade away some key pieces as the trade deadline approaches. One player that appears to be a candidate is Marlon Byrd....
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