Travis d'Arnaud

Commentary: Phillies must evaluate Ruben Amaro Jr.

2013-06-15 18:20:04

The Phillies and the Washington Nationals have more than Jayson Werth in common these days. The teams went into Tuesday night separated by one game in the standings. Both arrived at Citizens Bank Park more than a week's worth of games behind the first-...

Phillies take high school shortstop on first round of draft

2013-06-07 00:00:00

It appears the Phillies got a two-for-one special out of Lakewood High School in suburban Los Angeles. One year after taking Shane Watson from the prep powerhouse with their first pick in the 2012 draft, the team plucked his former Lancers teammate J.P....

Phillies select Sandberg, who chooses baseball over football

2013-06-07 18:50:03

PHILADELPHIA The Phillies used the 89th pick in the draft Friday to get a player who projected much higher than that. Cord Sandberg's scholarship to play quarterback at Mississippi State may have scared some teams away from selecting him, but when he...

Good luck trying to buy a World Series

2013-03-30 12:52:00

There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...

Mets draw ace high to knock off Nats

2013-04-19 20:28:00

Matt Harvey outpitched Stephen Strasburg in a marquee matchup of young aces, escaping a late bases-loaded jam while the crowd chanted his name and leading the New York Mets over the Washington Nationals 7-1 Friday night. Ike Davis and Lucas Duda each hit...

MLB power rankings

2013-03-30 13:10:00

1. Tigers: Forget the concern at closer. They were loaded last year, and they're a lot better with Victor Martinez, Torii Hunter and a full year of Anibal Sanchez. 2. Dodgers: Hanley Ramirez's injury could slow them out of the gate, but they're deep and...

Sox's Sale should employ lesson well

2013-02-16 13:36:00

You almost never can boil a baseball season down to one game, let alone one pitch. But when I break down what happened to the White Sox down the stretch in 2012, when a potentially great season for rookie manager Robin Ventura turned into a learning...

Spring training: AL East preview

2013-02-13 17:17:00

Go ahead, pick an American League East champion. Lots of people are in love with the Blue Jays, who won the offseason. They probably will be the consensus pick when teams leave Florida. But you wouldn't be nuts to pick the Yankees, Rays or Orioles. You'...

DOWN ON THE FARM

2012-04-21 18:55:12

For more minor league notes go to the Hog Blog at http://www.mcall.com Both 2B Cesar Hernandez and 1B Darin Ruff had 5 hits in Reading's 19-6 win over Richmond on Tuesday. The R-Phils had 22 hits overall, half of them with runners in scoring position...

The New York Mets sent starter R.A. Dickey (pictured) and catchers Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud, veteran catcher John Buck, minor league RHP Noah Syndergaard and outfielder Wuilmer Becerra.

2012-12-17 00:00:00