Mike Adams (baseball)

Is anyone really surprised with all these injuries facing the Phillies? If you are, you shouldn't be. When the season opened, the average age of the Phillies starting eight (which included Dom Brown, 25, and Delmon Young, 27), is 29.6. That's two...

MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH The Phillies fortunes in the 2013 season began with the health of the three former All-Stars who all missed significant time in 2012: Roy Halladay, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. Halladay had right...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh Steelers - INSIDE SLANT The Steelers aren't used to this. They've gathered in the spring more times to celebrate Super Bowl victories in the White House than they have talking about a chip on their...

A couple of weeks ago, we used this space to advocate the shopping of Ryan Howard to general managers searching for power. With Howard struggling and hurt, it would be surprising to see any team willing to part with any sort of talent even if the Phillies...

It seemed like only a matter of time before this happened. Reliever Mike Adamswas placed on the disabled list with a right mid-back strain today. The move is retroactive to May 11. To take his place on the Phillies' 25-man......

The Phillies have sent catcher Justin Dallas from Lakewood to the IronPigs to replace Humberto Quintero, who was called up by the Phillies after Carlos Ruiz tweaked a hamstring Sunday afternoon. Ruiz underwent an MRI Monday (results pending), but to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Philadelphia Phillies - INSIDE PITCH When Jonathan Pettibone was first called up to the major leagues to replace John Lannan in the Phillies starting rotation, the expectations were not too high. After all,...

The Sports Xchange MLB roundup: Mattingly's job safe -- for now The struggling Los Angeles Dodgers do not plan to fire Don Mattingly, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Dodgers came into the season with high expectations after making a blockbuster...

The Sports Xchange Phils C Ruiz goes on DL; Howard day-to-day The Philadelphia Phillies will be without their regular catcher for three to four weeks, and they are holding their breath about their first baseman. Catcher Carlos Ruiz went on the 15-day...

Mike Adams had hopes of pitching on Sunday. It certainly doesn’t sound now like that’s going to happen. Adams’ MRI today showed that he has what general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. called a “very mild, mid-back strain.” He had...

Sunday's game ended on a high note for the Phillies. The news that followed about players' health didn't. Ryan Howard did not play because of a sore left knee. He is having an MRI on Monday. "Yesterday is when it......

Thanks to some scheduled off days, the Phillies have been able to get by with just four starters recently, but come Tuesday, the team needs a fifth starter, and before Sunday's game, the final one of the homestand, they announced......