Chase Utley News

Chase Utley swung for the first time in batting practice Tuesday and it did not feel right.

Chase Utley was scratched from last night's game with pain in his right side and Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reports that the Phillies second baseman is getting an MRI exam.

Behind a solid outing from Tyler Cloyd and a whopping 15 hits, the Phillies rolled to a 7-3 victory over the Marlins in Miami.

They closed the upper deck at Marlins Park, a stadium that has lived for 14 months of baseball.

The Phillies know they will be without their starting catcher for approximately a month.

The Phillies' prospects didn't look so bright. Having been in a serious offensive drought, they entered the ninth inning of Sunday's series finale with the Cincinnati Reds trailing by 2-1. And they had to face reliever Aroldis Chapman, a pitcher they were 3 for 21 against with zero runs scored, all-time. A team that had scored one run in its ... (more)

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Chase Utley found serenity here, at a baseball diamond named for a coach who accepted a $1 salary for 16 years to save his college's team from abolishment.

Don't look now, but it seems as if the Phillies are on a roll of sorts. Yeah, yeah, they are a flawed team with a pile of issues with the offense, middle relief, etc., etc.

It was a future in which Chase Utley, Carlos Ruiz, and maybe even Rollins had disappeared from the Phillies' infield.

Madison Hagerty was in tears as she walked up to Chase Utley's table on the concourse of Citizens Bank Park Thursday afternoon.

I've been running this scenario in my brain for a few weeks now, and I'd be fairly surprised if a plurality of you all haven't been doing the same thing: if the Phillies are totally out of this thing -- this thing being the ever-ethereal postseason hunt -- by the trade deadline, who will stay and who will go? Put differently, if Ruben Amaro, Jr.

It was a classic example of what has ailed the Phillies in the first quarter of the season - a struggling Cole Hamels, an ineffective middle relief corps, and a stalled offense.

Manuel rewarded Mayberry with another day in center field. Mayberry is back in the same spot for today's 1:05 p.m. series finale with the Indians.

After Chase Utley and Charlie Manuel made everyone laugh when they posed for a picture with The Wiggles during batting practice, assistant GM Scott Proefrock addressed a more pressing issue: a Phillies signing.

IT WAS AN opportunity, not a necessity. That's what Charlie Manuel said of his decision to keep Chase Utley out of the lineup last night, despite the fact that the Phillies were coming off an off day and would enjoy another one tomorrow.

On the offensive side of the ball, there are important slots for the Philadelphia Phillies to fill, and Michael Young can handle more than one.

The Phillies confirmed they have signed Julsan Kamara, a 17-year-old outfielder from Germany, to a Minor League contract.

The Indians embarrassed the Phillies in a two-game sweep at Progressive Field, outscoring the visitors by a wide 20-2 margin.

The Phillies won but Charlie Manuel was distracted. He uncapped a blue marker and doodled on his worn lineup card late Saturday night in the desert.