Philly Sports Jabronis

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. promised significant changes in the offseason, but he started Friday when he announced assistant general manager of amateur scouting Marti Wolever will not return in 2015. Wolever, who ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com  PHILADELPHIA — Phillies fans loudly booed Jonathan Papelbon the last time he pitched at Citizens Bank Park. Papelbon responded by grabbing his crotch as he left the field following a blown save on Sept. 24 against the Marlins. ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com  MIAMI — The Phillies opened the season in March with a franchise-record $180 million payroll and expectations of improvement. The victories never came. The Phillies lost Thursday to the Marlins at Marlins Park, 6-4, to clinch ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com MIAMI — If Kyle Kendrick made the final start of his eight-year Phillies career Wednesday night, he made it a special one. He allowed one run in seven innings and went 3-for-3 with one double and one RBI ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com MIAMI — Ruben Amaro Jr. and some of his top scouts have been to the Dominican Republic and Japan in the past couple of weeks, picking up frequent flyer miles and hotel points while evaluating talent. ...

By Alex Espinoza, Phillies.com OAKLAND — The Phillies finally ran out of answers against the A’s on Sunday. Despite doing an effective job of playing catch-up earlier in the game, Philadelphia was saddled with an 8-6 walk-off loss to Oakland ...

By Aaron Leibowitz, Phillies.com OAKLAND — Jerome Williams made baseball history on Saturday — albeit in bizarre fashion — as he became the first pitcher ever to earn three wins against the same team in one season as a member of three different ...

By Aaron Leibowitz, Phillies.com OAKLAND — David Buchanan was good, not great, on Friday in the Phillies’ first game at O.co Coliseum since 2008, but a three-run second inning by the hosts was enough to spell defeat against Jon Lester and the A’s. Philadelphia ...

By Aaron Leibowitz, Phillies.com OAKLAND — Right-hander Shane Watson, the Phillies’ first pick of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, has been suspended for 50 games without pay after a second positive test for a drug of abuse. His suspension will ...

Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com SAN DIEGO — This is not the season Kyle Kendrick or the Phillies imagined when Spring Training opened in February. It will be over soon enough. Kendrick struggled with his command in five innings in Thursday’s 7-3 loss to ...