The Phillies began the final full week of spring training by reassigning three more players to minor-league camp and releasing former first overall pick Mark Appel. Appel, who turns 32 this summer, ...
A baseball oddity that played out in the Quad-Cities five summers ago came to an end this week. Pitcher Mark Appel, selected by the Astros with the first overall pick in baseball’s 2013 draft, has ...