Philly Sports Jabronis

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have a replacement for former assistant general manager of amateur scouting Marti Wolever, whom they dismissed late last month. The team announced Wednesday that it has hired Johnny Almaraz, who was the ...

Voting is underway through Sunday exclusively at MLB.com to help decide the 16th annual winners of the Hank Aaron Award, given by “The Hammer” himself during the upcoming 110th World Series to the outstanding offensive performer in each league. American League ...

By Todd Zolecki, Phillies.com  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies had cleaned out their lockers and packed their things into boxes long before they played Sunday’s season finale at Citizens Bank Park. They had known for a long time they would not ...

By Todd Zolecki, Philies.com PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Burnett said in San Diego last week that he expected a lot of things to be different with the Phillies in 2014. “A lot,” Burnett repeated. Burnett spoke coyly that night at Petco Park, but ...

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 ...