BRANDON PHILLIPS RUMORS

NL Central position rankings

Phillips leads the pack as far as NL second basemen go David Schoenfield of ESPN.com recently gave his thoughts on National League position rankings. In his post he ranks the team's projected starter at each position compared to other NL Central division clubs. He also gives us a list of the best starters in the division per team according to their spot in the rotation,...
Via Redlegs Review  |  6 days ago

Player Profile #73: Brandon Phillips | 2B | CIN

After batting at the heart of the Cincinnati lineup for much of his career with the Reds, Brandon Phillips spent most of 2010 and 2011 batting either first or second (though he did bat fourth in over 50 games last year). As a result his 2010 RBI total fell to just 59, and his end-of-season rank that year jumped up to 84. In 2011, Phillips put a halt to the yearly decline he’...
Via Baseball Professor  |  7 days ago

Non-Roster Invitation List

While guys like Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Brandon Phillips and Johnny Cueto need not worry about making the big league roster this Spring Training, the following list of players do. These 15 non-roster invitees have been offered the outside shot at making the Reds' 25-man Opening Day roster, and you better believe they're chomping at the bit for the chance. Most of the list...
Via Redlegs Review  |  12 days ago

Update on Phillips, Cordero & More

Here is the latest pertaining to the Reds from MLBtraderumors.com: "It sounds like the Brandon Phillips extension will get done, writes John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer. General Manager Walt Jocketty says that it’s a “complicated contract,” which will take time to be ironed out. That leads Fay to believe that the deal likely involves deferred money. More from Fay...
Via Redlegs Review  |  December 04, 2011

Baseball’s Brightest Stars at Redsfest 2011

I dunno…the fact that the only bona fide baseball activity coming out the Reds world is Brandon Phillips tweeting about his lack of contract kinda has me down. But gosh, it’s a little early to be getting all negative already doesn’t it? So rather than go off on a rant, I clicked on another of the unnecessary navigation buttons in the Redsfest landing page on Reds.com and copied...
Via Red Hot Mama  |  November 27, 2011

Phillips Garners Yet Another Award

Phillips Brandon Phillips was named a 2011 Silver Slugger Award winner on Wednesday. He is the first Reds player to win the coveted award since Felipe Lopez in 2005. The two-time All-Star batted .300 with 18 homers, 82 RBI and a career high 38 doubles during the 2011 campaign. Phillips led all National League second basemen in average, hits (183), doubles, and runs scored...
Via Redlegs Review  |  November 02, 2011

Cardinals Hook Brandon Phillips Up with Promotional Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

The St. Louis Cardinals run a promotion where fans get a dozen Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for $2.99 if the team has more than nine hits in a game. They had nine hits in an 8-1 win over the Reds Tuesday and Brandon Phillips tweeted that he’d like some doughnuts. The Cincinnati second baseman wrote on [...]
Via Larry Brown Sports  |  July 06, 2011
SHOW ME THE MONEY

Can Reds keep Brandon Phillips?

Brandon Phillips will be a free agent after the season. Though he's not looking to break the bank, he's unsure if the Reds will be able to afford him.

Via Speculative Sports  |  June 17, 2011

Reds 2B Phillips doesn't think he's staying

Second baseman Brandon Phillips said he doesn't think he will be staying with the Cincinnati Reds after this season. Phillips, 29, is in his sixth straight season as Cincinnati's starting second baseman. He was an All-Star a year ago and is batting .281 with five homers and 36 RBI this season. "It's going to be hard to keep me here," Phillips told ESPN.com...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  June 17, 2011

Reds' Phillips tweeting his way onto Cardinals fans' nerves

ST. LOUIS It took all of 15 minutes Thursday evening for Brandon Phillips to get on the nerves of Cardinals fans yet again. And according to Phillips, that's just what he wants. Shortly after the Reds landed in St. Louis Thursday, Phillips tweeted that, "My teammates ask me if I knew where some good places 2 eat at in St. Louis! I said, "Yea, come with me 2 the store 2 get some...
Via Fox Sports Midwest  |  April 22, 2011
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