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Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro defended the club's treatment of Ryan Howard in response to a newspaper report that questioned the use of cortisone on the star slugger last season.

The injury-riddled Philadelphia Phillies placed Vance Worley on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, adding a starting pitcher to their mounting list of missing players.

OK, let's be brutally honest here about Jon Lester's complete game 6-1 victory on Monday night: It came against the Seattle Mariners. A lot of pitchers look pretty good against Seattle. Nonetheless, it was Boston's first nine-inning complete game ...

US Presswire/Getty Images The Mets face (l to r) Roy Halladay, Joe Blanton and Cliff Lee in Philly this week. METS (15-13, third place/NL East) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (14-15, fifth place/NL East) Monday: LHP Jon Niese (2-1, 4.08) vs. RHP Roy ...

A contract never starts off "bad," per se. Obviously, a general manager signs a player to a contract with the intent that the player will help the team win, even if the GM knows the criticism over dollars and years is out there. The contract ofte...

Blog | May 04, 2012

Stephania Bell has injury updates on Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Brad Lidge.

Ryan Howard will be heading to Clearwater on Sunday and Chase Utley could join him within a week as the two injured Philadelphia Phillies stars inch closer toward joining the team for the first time this season.

Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard is at least a week away from baseball activity.

My parents still love watching baseball, even Seattle Mariners baseball. I called them Monday evening to see if they watched Philip Humber's perfect game on Saturday and my dad said he watched a few innings, went out to the mow the lawn and came back...

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Andres Torres #56 CF New York Mets 2012 STATS GM1 HR0 RBI0 R1 OBP.333 AVG.000 Andres Torres, who reinjured his left calf on Opening Day and landed on the disabled list, has not yet resumed running, manager Terry Collins said. Torres is t...

Howard Smith/US Presswire The Mets face (l to r) Cliff Lee, Vance Worley and Cole Hamels this weekend in Philly. METS (4-2, second place/NL East) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (3-3, third place/NL East) Friday: RHP R.A. Dickey (1-0, 3.00) vs. LHP Cl...

Chase Utley will be in Arizona rehabilitating his injured knees when the Phillies open the regular season on Thursday in Pittsburgh.

Eric Karabell assesses the latest on such key injured players as Chase Utley, Andrew Bailey and B.J. Upton, and determines whether owners should keep, drop or trade them.

Blog | Conversation | April 03, 2012

Ben Lindbergh of Baseball Prospectus writes that while the Philadelphia Phillies project to win the NL East in 2012, and aging and aching roster will soon present signifcant problems for the franchise.

Story | Conversation | March 29, 2012

Stephania Bell checks in on the most notable injury issues among hitters as spring training nears a close, including updates on Buster Posey, Ryan Howard, Carl Crawford and others.