http://www.phillieslocker.com Philadelphia Phillies Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Phillies have signed 33-year old righty reliever Chad Qualls to a 1-year, $1.15 million dollar deal. Qualls pitched in 77 games (0 starts) for the Padres last year and he was 6-8 with a 3.51 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP. He has now pitched in 537 games ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/31/the-philadelphia-phillies-sign-chad-qualls/ The Phillies have signed 34-year old lefty swinging outfielder Juan Pierre to a minor league deal. Pierre played in 158 games for the White Sox last year and he was 178 for 639 (.279 avg, .657 OPS) with 80 runs scored, 2 homers, 50 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-philadelphia-phillies-sign-juan-pierre/ The Phillies have signed 28-year old righty swinging outfielder Brent Clevlen to a minor league deal. He played in 104 games in AAA and Independent ball last year and he was 117 of 386 (.303 avg, .921 OPS) with 67 runs scored, 19 homers, 62 RBIs and 6 stolen ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/27/the-philadelphia-phillies-ink-brent-clevlen/ The Phillies have dealt 33-year old righty swinging infielder Wilson Valdez to the Cincinnati Reds for 26-year old lefty reliever Jeremy Horst. Valdez played in 99 games for the Phillies last season and he was 68 for 273 (.249 avg, .634 OPS) with 39 runs scored, 1 homer, 30 ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/25/the-philadelphia-phillies-deal-wilson-valdez-to-the-reds/ The Phillies spent on one big ticket item (closer Jonathan Papelbon) and they spread the rest of their spending money around on solid players at the right price. Here is a look at the new faces for 2012 so far: In the field: With Ryan Howard likely to miss ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/15/the-philadelphia-phillies-spread-out-their-money-and-made-some-nice-additions-this-winter/ The Phillies have re-signed 35-year old righty starter/reliever Nate Bump to a minor league deal. Bump pitched in 26 games (25 starts) in AAA-ball last year for the Phillies and he was 5-9 with a 4.97 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP. He last pitched in the majors way ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/15/the-philadelphia-phillies-re-sign-nate-bump/ The Phillies have signed 33-year old righty starting pitcher Joel Pineiro to a minor league deal. He pitched in 27 games (24 starts) for the Angels last year and he was 7-7 with a 5.13 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP. Pineiro has now pitched in 335 games (263 ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/15/the-philadelphia-phillies-sign-joel-pineiro/ The Phillies have released 28-year old lefty swinging 1B/OF John Bowker. Bowker played in 12 games for the Phillies last year and he was 0 for 13 (.000 avg, .000 OPS). He played in 31 games overall last year for the Phillies & Pirates and he was 4 ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2012/01/10/the-philadelphia-phillies-release-1bof-john-bowker/ The Phillies have signed 30-year old righty swinging outfielder Luis Montanez to a minor league deal. Montanez played in 36 games for the Cubs last year and he was 12 for 54 (.222 avg, .615 OPS) with 6 runs scored, 1 homer and 9 RBIs. He has now ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2011/12/22/the-philadelphia-phillies-sign-luis-montanez/ The Phillies have signed 31-year old righty swinging infielder Hector Luna to a minor league deal. Luna played in 113 games in AAA-ball for the Red Sox last year and he was 119 of 421 (.283 avg, .799 OPS) with 61 runs scored, 14 homers, 58 RBIs and 6 ... http://www.phillieslocker.com/2011/12/22/the-philadelphia-phillies-sign-hector-luna/