Vance Worley News

Too many walks and not enough hits. Not enough pitching. Not enough hitting. Not enough of anything they needed to even stay close to Rochester in a drawn-out, lopsided opening-game loss.

Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon is drawing trade interest from the Red Sox, Tigers and Cardinals, according to the Boston Globe .

Let's see, Ben Revere had four hits for the Phillies against the Twins on Thursday night and was 8 for 14 in the series.

The team was riding a five-game winning streak and had even built a four-run advantage against the Brewers with its best pitcher in action.

Ben Revere was greeted with handshakes and hugs yesterday afternoon at Target Field.

Instead, the Twins' Opening starter was getting rocked at Triple-A Rochester, where the last-place Toledo Mud Hens scorched him for seven earned runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Instead, the Twins' Opening Day starter was getting rocked at Triple-A Rochester, where the last-place Toledo Mud Hens scorched him for seven earned runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Cole Hamels will try to build on his first victory in more than five weeks Tuesday night when the Phillies and Twins open their three-game series in Minneapolis.

June 1, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Angels right fielder Josh Hamilton watches game action during the sixth inning against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

The 2013 MLB draft is now a not-so-distant memory, and each team has filled up its farm system with players it hopes can be important parts of their new club's future.

It was a rough week for Braves Minor League action. Gwinnett, Mississippi, and Lynchburg, combined to go a dismal 6-11 this week.

MILWAUKEE Four weeks ago, Tyler Cloyd pitched into the seventh inning of his first major league game of the season, holding the hot-hitting Arizona Diamondbacks team to two runs.

The Minnesota Twins have fallen from one of the league's best teams to one of the worst in one season.

Highlight: Vance Worley blanked his former team on five singles to lead Rochester to a 5-0 win over the Iron Pigs Monday afternoon, denying Lehigh Valley what would have been its franchise record-tying seventh straight win.

But on a roster loaded with players who came into the season with that label, the 27-year-old outfielder has emerged as one of IronPigs' most valuable players so far this season.

For all the criticism the fans give OF Ben Revere , the Phillies so far have gotten the better off the winter deal that brought him over from Minnesota for RHPs Vance Worley and Trevor May .

The latest reminder of how fragile young pitching is happened last week, when Minnesota demoted its opening-day starter to triple A. For two seasons, Vance Worley mystified hitters as a mainstay in the Phillies' rotation.

The Philadelphia Phillies are no longer a dominant team. That's an undeniable fact.

If a big-league team is willing to trade a starting pitcher in a business where the motto is ''You can never have too much pitching,'' there is something wrong with the guy.

Phillies 3, Marlins 0 : Cliff Lee shuts out the Marlins on three hits. Granted, it doesn't take anyone as good as Lee to shut out the Marlins, but that's nothing that Lee could help.