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With that, the team made some significant news Sunday night when it promoted prospect Scott Kingery, a hard-hitting, 23-year-old second baseman, to Triple A Lehigh Valley. "This was our target date," director of player development Joe Jordan said Sunday night. "Offense, defense, baserunning it's the whole package," Jordan said. Continue to Article

June 25, 2017 9:39:pm EST

The Michael Saunders experiment is finally over. The Phillies on Sunday officially released Saunders and reliever Jeanmar Gomez after the pair was designated for assignment Tuesday. After clearing unconditional release waivers, the duo is now free to sign with any team. Continue to Article

June 25, 2017 2:46:pm EST

The Phillies have made underachieving third baseman Maikel Franco "more than available" in trade talks, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe. As CSNPhilly.com's Jim Salisbury wrote during spring training, if Franco doesn't show promise and improvement in 2017, the Phillies could target Manny Machado as their third baseman of the future in free agency this offseason. Continue to Article

June 25, 2017 12:15:pm EST

PHOENIX -- The Phillies' modest two-game winning streak ended in a 9-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.   Starting pitcher Ben Lively accounted for the Phillies' offense with a two-run homer in the fourth inning.   Lively's homer, the first of his career, gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Arizona scored eight runs in the next four innings to take control.   Arizona is 27-10 at home. The Phillies are 10-29 on the road and 24-49 overall.   Starting pitching report Lively's string of four straight quality starts to open his big-league career came to an end as he was tagged for seven hits and five runs (one was unearned) over 5 1/3 innings. Lively did not walk a batter nor did he have Continue to Article

June 25, 2017 2:36:am EST

Phillies reliever Pat Neshek is having a tremendous, All-Star season, but the restrictions on his usage have become a real concern. Neshek, who has a 0.63 ERA and 30 scoreless appearances out of 31, induced an inning-ending double play Thursday to get the Phillies to the ninth with a two-run lead. "I asked him to go back out," manager Pete Mackanin said. Continue to Article

June 22, 2017 5:08:pm EST