Phillies Rumors: Mahay coming aboard?

The wife of last night's hero, Chase Utley, told the 610-WIP Morning Show that her husband suffers from the typical bumps and bruises all players have this time of year, but tried to settle conflicting reports on the nature of her husband's hip. Utley accounted for all of the Phillies' runs last night, going 2-for-4 with a two-run shot in the third, his first home run...

Using a link between line drive rate and expected BABIP, the Roster Doctor tries to identify some players that should see a nice bounce in batting average in the coming two months. It's fun to play with numbers.

As expected, the Phillies recalled left-hander J.A. Happ from Lehigh Valley, but the team also made an unexpected move, placing third baseman Pedro Feliz on the 15-day disabled list and recalling corner infielder Mike Cervenak, according to the Morning Call. Transaction summary: Happ went 7-6 with a 3.30 ERA in 20 games for the IronPigs and made two starts for the Phils earlier this...

A report coming from ESPNdeportes.com states that Jose Guillen is upset with management in Kansas City and no longer wants to be a part of the Royals. The Kansas City Star reports the complete opposite, saying that Guillen wants to be in Kansas City. So who to believe?

Would fans spend years belittling Pat Burrell for his perennial under-performance, only to scoff at the idea of trading him for a two-time World Series-winning, first ballot Hall of Famer and the greatest RBI producer of his generation when such rumors surface.

Now this is from my own little world and i know ppl will give me a hard time about it but just a thought not trying to start a rumor and i didnt hear this anywhere other than the fact that the reds are looking to trade Dunn. WHat if the phillies traded for him. He could play 3rd base and his bat would make up for his defense. He has 30 homeruns imagine a starting line up of victorino...

Rumors flew around the internet yesterday about the Red Sox wanting to part with Manny Ramirez and how the Phillies were his personal number one option. There has been plenty of speculation that the Phils have at least discussed going after him and that the Red Sox have inquired, but, according to The New York Times (article found via MLB Trade Rumors) GM Pat Gillick was quick to...

SI.com reports the Phils and Red Sox are talking about a Manny-Burrell swap. ReclinerGM breaks down whether or not the Phils should make this deal and the 2 things that could happen if the make the move.

Was what I witnessed tonight the "swagger" Brett Myers spoke of when he said he found it in Lehigh-Valley? If so it needs to be bottled. If you missed the game you missed a dominant performance by Myers (something no one has seen this season). Myers went seven-plus innings, allowing four hits and one run. The lone run allowed was a direct result of a Chase Utley error...

Jose Guillen the controversial troubled outfielder of the Royals wants out of KC according to ESPNdeportes.com . Guillen leads the team with 14 HRS and 69 RBI. The 69 RBI are already more than any Royal had last year. He is hitting .260 with a OBP .287 SLG.446 and a OPS .733. For the month of July he has a line of .154.191,.200 and .391. He has been hampered by a groin injury for...

Jose Guillen late today denied that he wanted out of Kansas City immediately. In an article by Bob Dutton of the KC Star Guillen expressed surprise at an earlier report on ESPNdeportes.com that said his relationship with Royals Manager Trey Hillman "are not on speaking terms, they don't talk." The source used by the article was an anonymous one not Guillen himself...

Playing against the last-place Nationals brought the best out of two Phillies who have been struggling lately. Both Brett Myers and Chase Utley played there best game in quite a while in leading the Phillies to a 2-1 win over the Nationals on Tuesday. Myers had his best outing since early June as he went 7 innings and only gave up 1 run on 4 hits. Again, it was against the Nationals...

Yes, many thought I was a bit overzealous when I said that Delgado has been better than Howard this year, but I stand by that claim and that is likely to remain true over the course of the season. Delgado's OPS+ of 120 is actually really respectable this year and Ryan Howard has simply not hit as well as him with a 110 OPS+. More RBIs? Sure. More homers? Sure.If this were MVP...

Watching the rich get rich and the poor get poorer in MLB is sad. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, baseball's best team and one of the AL teams that laid the smack down on the Phillies a month ago, just acquired Mark Teixiera from the Braves for Casey Kotchman and a bag of baseballs. I can't imagine they would give up Kotchman, their everyday first baseman, unless they...

Adios, Farnsy!The Yanks swapped Kyle Farnsworth for Pudge Rodriguez today, responding to Jorge's injury and getting rid of a guy who throws hard. Though he was showing improvement this year, I don't think anyone was comfortable when Farnsworth came into a game. In return, the Yanks get a future Hall-of-Famer, a clutch hitter with a gun. As long as he stays healthy, this...