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All Quiet on the Clearwater Front; Former Phils in the news
Day 3 here for us at the Carpenter Complex and not a whole lot of news to report.
General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. showed up this morning. He peaked his head in the clubhouse and greeted hitting prospects John Mayberry, acquired in an offseason trade for Greg Golson, and Anthony Hewitt. Hewitt was the Phillies first pick in last summer's first-year player draft.
The only other new face spotted was J.A. Happ, who is arguably the favorite to win the No.5 starter spot in a four-man competition with Chan Ho Park, Kyle Kendrick (also in camp already) and Carlos Carrasco.
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If you read our paper during the baseball season, you're familiar with our "Former Phils File" in our Sunday notes column. There are several former Phillies making news this week.
Doug Glanville, maybe the most knowledgeable, well-spoken athlete I've ever dealt with, works as a guest columnist for the New York Times. The former Phillies center fielder opined on the A-Rod steroid story and did a pretty good interview on the subject with a radio station in Chicago.
I caught the last few minutes of a detailed, ESPN story on Ugueth Urbina. The thing that struck me the most was how much thinner the former closer looks nowadays.
The slow-moving free agent market appears to be picking up some. Former Phils outfielder Bobby Abreu is reportedly close to latching on with the Angels.
If the deal goes through, Abreu won't be the only former Phil in L.A. In the last few days, left-handers Randy Wolf and Eric Milton both joined the Dodgers.
General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. showed up this morning. He peaked his head in the clubhouse and greeted hitting prospects John Mayberry, acquired in an offseason trade for Greg Golson, and Anthony Hewitt. Hewitt was the Phillies first pick in last summer's first-year player draft.
The only other new face spotted was J.A. Happ, who is arguably the favorite to win the No.5 starter spot in a four-man competition with Chan Ho Park, Kyle Kendrick (also in camp already) and Carlos Carrasco. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you read our paper during the baseball season, you're familiar with our "Former Phils File" in our Sunday notes column. There are several former Phillies making news this week.
Doug Glanville, maybe the most knowledgeable, well-spoken athlete I've ever dealt with, works as a guest columnist for the New York Times. The former Phillies center fielder opined on the A-Rod steroid story and did a pretty good interview on the subject with a radio station in Chicago.
I caught the last few minutes of a detailed, ESPN story on Ugueth Urbina. The thing that struck me the most was how much thinner the former closer looks nowadays.
The slow-moving free agent market appears to be picking up some. Former Phils outfielder Bobby Abreu is reportedly close to latching on with the Angels.
If the deal goes through, Abreu won't be the only former Phil in L.A. In the last few days, left-handers Randy Wolf and Eric Milton both joined the Dodgers.
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