
Phillies - A Fan’s View
Your Go-To Phillies Baseball Source
Phillies - A Fan's View is a daily view of Phillies activities and heavily focused on the Minor Leagues. I live in the Clearwater area and am able to report on baseball activities at the Complex from an unique perspective ... a personal view.

1/9/23 : Jace Vines
The Phillies have added RHP Jace Vines to their minor league roster, he announced his signing on Instagram in December. The 28 year old...

1/8/23 : Spring Competition
Continuing with the theme of anticipation for the 2023 season ( see https://www.philliesbaseballfan.com/post/12-26-22-2023-pre-season-is-...

1/8/23 : Phillies updated Minor League Transaction/Roster Tracker
The initial Phillies “official” stateside group workout for 2023 will begin tomorrow as multiple minor league players report to...

1/8/23 : Winter League Update
Couldn’t sleep for some reason so figured I’d post this in the early AM hours 🥴 Focused on current and former Phillies organization...

1/7/23 : News & Notes - Soto Trade
Dave Dombrowski just met with the media via a zoom call regarding the big trade today. He said that the Phillies had discussed Gregory...

1/7/23 : Phillies acquire Gregory Soto & Kody Clemens
As initially reported by Jim Salisbury on Twitter the Phillies reportedly have acquired LHP Gregory Soto & INF Kody Clemens from Detroit...

1/6/23 : Phillies sign RHP Jon Duplantier to minor league deal
The 28 year old born in Newark, Delaware pitched last season for Oklahoma City ( Dodgers AAA affiliate ) posting a 5-3 record in 34...

1/4/23 : Phillies acquire RHP Erich Uelmen from Cubs
The 26 year old was designated for assignment by the Cubs on 12/24/22. He was the Cubs 4th round draft selection in the 2017 draft from...

1/3/23 : Infielder Weston Wilson
As posted on his instagram account infielder Weston Wilson has signed with the Phillies. He was the Brewers 17th round draft choice in...

1/3/23 : Phillies current Minor League roster ( U.S. Based )
As we head towards players returning to pre-season camp here is the current U.S. based off-season Minor League roster as reconciled to...

1/3/23 : RHP Jake Jewell
The Phillies have signed RHP Jake Jewell to a minor league contract as he’s now listed on the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs roster. Jake...

1/2/23 : Phillies Minor League Transaction Tracker
The initial Phillies group workout for 2023 will begin on January 9th as multiple minor league players will report to Clearwater for the...

1/1/23 : Phillies Sign Infielder Jim Haley to minor league contract
Jim Haley ( 27 years old ) has reached an agreement on a minor league contract with the Phillies. He played the 2022 season with the AAA...

12/31/22 : Winter League Stats
It used to be relatively easy to find stats on Phillies Minor Leaguers playing winter ball - not so much the past couple years. Here’s a...

12/31/22 : Winter League Update
Focused on current and former Phillies organization players. Games played from 12/25 thru 12/31 Australian Baseball League : Three...

12/30/22 : 2022 Phillies Player Development Year
Steve Potter All Phillies fans know how the season concluded with the big club appearing in the World Series for the first time since...

12/29/22 : Ten MLB Umpires retiring
“Well-respected crew chiefs Ted Barrett ( 57 ) , Greg Gibson ( 54 ) , Tom Hallion ( 66 ), Sam Holbrook ( 57 ), Jerry Meals ( 61 ), Jim...

12/29/22 : A Few Birthday Numbers
Today is my 63rd birthday so I thought I’d spend a portion of the day doing what I normally do - think and write about Phillies baseball...

12/26/22 : 2023 Pre-Season is near
We are only a few weeks away from the initial workouts for the 2023 season. Around January 8th or so minor league players currently on...




















