This says that the Phillies have agreed to terms with Juan Castro and suggests it may be a one-year deal worth $750,000 with a club option for 2011. Wow. Casto turns 38 in June and has a career .601 OPS. He can play short, third and second. ...

Trying to guess who the Phillies might have playing third base next year is kinda fun, but what kind of year the Phils have in 2010 is going to have a lot more to do with what they can do to improve their pitching this off-season. In 2009 the Phillies...

Charlie Manuel finished sixth in the voting for NL Manager of the Year. Sixth? Moving on, here’s the rates some free agents who could fill the Phils need at third base tallied hits, walks, doubles and triples, home runs and extra-base hits per 100...

Continuing with the numbers from the last post, for the eight Phillies regulars, here’s how often they got hits or walks, singles or walks or extra-base hits or walks per 100 plate appearances in 2009:   H or BB 1B or BB XBH or...

Quick — when Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Pedro Feliz, Raul Ibanez and Jayson Werth came to the plate in 2009, who was the most likely to get a hit? Wrong. Okay, I’m guessing. But if you answered Pedro Feliz you’re way better at this than I am. Feliz...