The first decision surrounding this type of issue has been made, with Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reporting that Taijuan Walker will be moving to the bullpen in a leverage role, and in his place, they will call up Abel to start on Thursday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Philadelphia Phillies are in scramble mode after closer Jose Alvarado was hit with an 80-game suspension for PED use. Losing your most trusted late-inning arm mid-season is brutal, especially when you are battling for control of the NL East.

On Pattison's Tim Kelly looks at some of the potential trade candidates for the Phillies to bolster their bullpen before the July 31 trade deadline.

The Phillies’ bullpen ERA of 4.78 entered Wednesday ranked ... One of the possible solutions to the bullpen problem is to start churning through the pitchers on the 40-man roster to see if ...

How the Phillies handle the loss of Alvarado now will be different than how they confront it in July and perhaps October.

PHILADELPHIA — Taijuan Walker is moving to the Phillies bullpen, a process that manager Rob Thomson hopes will be seamless for the pitcher. For the club as a whole, the arms arrangement might ...

The Philadelphia Phillies call up Minor League reliever Seth Johnson, and designate for assignment Jose Ruiz ahead of the series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers.

So have the Phillies when it comes to how they constructed their bullpen. This is the pressure point. The Phillies haven’t had timely hitting, Aaron Nola hasn’t looked sharp, and the whole ...