71 and 91 not great but certainly improvement over 2015 and the team added veteran outfielder michael saunderseteran arm and clay buckholtz and the schedule is pitchers and catchers will report tomorrow and team president will address the media and tuesday is the first workout with pitchers and catchers and on thursday the rest of the team reports and on friday we will have the first full squad workout for the phillies in 2017. as for my schedule for this week i'm going to try to rick my sunglasses i'm going to try to get some pool time, try to stay out of the sun too much and just relax here in clear water. reporting from clear water i'm ducis rodgers sports sunday and jeff and jamie back to you. >> he gets paid for that and probably having a pine-colada. >> he has a lot of work to do and had a chance to catch up with him earlier this week and a bit of that conversation. >> based on the development of some young players and some additions in the off season i do think we are hoping and expecting this team to make some improvements you know in 2017 versus what we did in 2016 you know ideally th

but for phillies outfielder michael saunders, family is thumb one.sdal has shore. >> reporter: michael saunders just may be the power hitter till is have been looking for but it is powerful story from his past that makes him he is to take. >> i struggled a lot my first couple years with my career. it was when i got called up in 2009. my mom battled 13 years breast cancer and she passed away in 2011. you know, obviously i was going through really tough times in the the just on the told. i they ever really got the a proper chance to grief, up until will that off season. you know, just seeing what my mom endured and everything that she went through and not just her but everyone else. baseball is so minute compared to what is going on off the feel. >> reporter: after feeling lost he managed to find his swing and was really important in life. >> it made me realize, it is really mountain so bad. so, i lay in the only for my mom but i have a young family now. i lay for my kid. i just really learned or it taught he just to, you know you know, accept failure.

. >> michael saunders and howie kendrick has a combined 19 years at the major league level and are there to dart their knowledge for the younger players, they will learn the game and get better and that is how win and get better, lead by example and understanding that you know you are a young player at one point or another and i was blessed to play with guys like mike sweeney and adrian bell bell train. and sounders was targets in early season. >> that perspective he can bring is something that drew us to michael saunders he can relate to both sides. the coin on that and bring it to our clubhouse and to some of our younger players. >> the younger phils are welcoming. >> they come and now hoe to win. because they come from winning teams. >> that is something we need to know. >> the pitching with those guys, they are tough hitters and to have those guys will help the team as a whole. >> kendrick comes from the dodgers and he did some recon. >> me and jimmy were close and we talked to chase a bit. they talked about the media. >> he mentioned a few people and they are not as bad as they seem

enter howie kendrick and michael saunders. both bring with them a winning mentality. >> last couple years, i really think you have to learn how to win. what i mean by that is when you are down late in the the ballgame or from the first inning doing little things right to give your team a lead >> i'm this is here to yell at guys or anything like that. the these guys have laid the game. i have place against franco, herrera, even hernandez the second base they have had great years. try to come in, build on that and play the game the right way. >> reporter: gm matt klentak says this will be a team that will be a lot of fun to much was. >> other the course of the 162 games we will see veterans showing why they have been in the league for 10 years and why these guys have hade money , and won rings and done all of the things we have done we will get to watch young kid , you know, show us why we're so hopeful for their future. >> i think we have technical issues with leslie's shot. thank you. appreciate it. good seeing you. >>> moving

. >>> michael kendrick and saunders, and miguel tran co, tommy joseph and odubel herrera, see what we might see there a line up as well. >> you know, we have a couple of professional hitters, i know that is something that pete wanted to add this off season. we have howie, and michael saunders, those guys have had good careers and good years last year for both dodgers and blue jays. we will take some notes from what they can write to the table. >> you had a break out last year 16 home runs in 105 games we cannot go without seeing that huge hit you took behind the place plate for the reds but what click offensive lynn a defensively and what are you hoping to do again this year. >> i think just consistent playing time, getting back there every night getting every day at bats, it is huge. you build up confidence and get a routine and when i get your pitch you don't miss it. that happened for me fairly quickly throughout the middle of the year, i this think in june and july, i really hit a spot where i was seeing the ball really well and wasn't missing them. as far as behind the late just

adding not one, but two veteran outbuilders by trading and signing michael saunders to a one year dealillies hope they'll take pressure off the line-up. >> we have players -- they're learning. they're going through a process. if you have one or two proficient -- help show the way and help handle certain situations in games and handle themselves. it can only help these guys. >> reporter: with the position players who will start off but locked in, the rotation could have questions. resigning jeremy to a one year deal while trading for clay in the last year of his contract means the staff will have better veteran presence at the top. those are short term arms. more focus on whether or not aaron can bounceback from an elbow injury that cut last season short. >> i'm where i want to be right now. my command's on right now. and no pain, i'm all healthy, my body and my elbow feels healthy. >> reporter: in order to repeat the goal, they need strong follow-up seasons from vince and jared. meanwhile, the wave of youth at aaa means at some point we should sea crawford and others. and the words of

lot of new faces coming into this season, but no one has as much potential to be impactful as michael saunders been through rebuilding process and beyond. so his experience with that can really help this team. >> i've been through that with seattle, and i went through, um, that exact experience with seattle when i was 22 up until about 26 or 27 and then seeing the other side of the spectrum of going to back to back alcs with toronto i felt like, you know, there was something i was able to add coming over here and just through my own experiences and it was just a great fit. >> and ken looks a little different for the first time in over decade there's no ryan howard at first base that's something that's glaring coming into this spring training. >> the first time here was -- 20 years old, seven years ago. you come here and you don't see nobody it's a little bit different. i think we go from here and try to -- try to win some games. >> and a little college basketball this weekend number two villanova taking on seton hall another big east showdown this saturday right here on fox 29. tip-off for tha

most of those guys are already there working out, a few new face necessary spring training and michael saunders could be most impact full. and, that experience could help. >> i have been through that with seattle and i went through, that exact experience with seattle will when i was 22 until 26 or 27 and then other side of the spectrum of going back to back alcs with toronto i felt like there was something i was able to add coming over here and just through my own experience and it was just a great fit. >>> sixers made a mess out of things in the the last couple weeks and may have gotten worse. philly.com steve pompai that simmons may have had a setback in his rehab. scheduled to have a ct scan, next thursday. >>> that is sports in a minute , i'm sean bell. you know your heart loves megared omega-3s... but did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel delivers the omega-3 power of two regular fish oil pills... so give your body mega support with megared advanced 4in1. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so

of the guys were already there, working out, there is a few new faces in spring training and michael saunders be the most impact full, he has been through this rebuilding process before, and that experience could help. >> i have been through that with seattle will, and i went through, that exact experience with seattle, when i was 22, up until 26, 27 and seeing other side of the second rum of going to back to back alcs with toronto. i felt like there is something i was able to add coming over here and just through my own experience and it was just a great fit. >> to the sixers they have made a mess out of things the last couple of weeks and it may have gotten worse. philly.com keith pompeo reports ben simmons may have had a setback in his rehab. he is scheduled to have a ct scan next thursday. >>> that is sports in a minute i'm sean bell. >>> you just heard sean say report by keith pompeo it says a scan last month showed his tooth it wasn't fully healed. they said wow play but who knows. >> sixers have not confirmed that report but released this statement yesterday, we continue to monitor rec

entire team will officially work out together as a team, they are in the rebuilding phase and michael saunderss his experience will help out the process. >> i have been through that with seattle. i went through, that exact experience with seattle when i was 22 until 26 or 27 and then seeing other side of the spectrum of going to back to back alcs with toronto, i felt like, there was something i was able to add something coming over here and just through my own experience, it was just a great fit. >> that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> we are dealing with the tractor trailer extent on the new jersey turnpike between exit five and exit number four , it happened 3:30 this morning a tractor trailer and vehicle collided, and tractor trailer also bumped in to the overpass, thousand it is mount laurel road overpass, and that is what they are checking the structural integrity of the overpass right now. if you are using new jersey turnpike heading southbound, i would jump off at exit number five and then continue your trip on 295, and from the get go if you can just use 295 through the rest

. >> what about michael saunders from the blue jays. >> same thing, andy macphail talked about being good bat. he had an all-star season last year but in the second half he dropped off after the all-star break. so, his performance we don't know which guy we will get. still veteran guy, good guy but all of the guys they brought in from free agency or via trade are mentors. we got rid of the guys from the 2008 team and that is what they are hoping to bring. i didn't see those guys early yesterday and hopefully see them today but they don't to have report until thursday but guys coming in early like miguel franco did yesterday. >> that is cool he does president have to be there yet but ahead of time. >> i did think of one guy from the past who is there. matt stairs. he is a coach. >> yes, he is a coach, more veteran leadership, i see what you get out of some of these guys. see what you get. we don't necessity how he will be as a coach but smart guy, everything i hear he will help this team, help these hitters, help everything out, that is what they brought in for everyone. just a young

michael santolli. charles schwab senior vp liz saunders. and daniel hughes joins us to kick things off.me, everybody. mike, it's unbelievable. what's interesting about this rally, it's so quiet. up 100 points every day, everybody walking around. >> it ratchets higher, the strength has built throughout the day. seven straight up days for the s&p and nasdaq. the highs for the s&p today basically got to a 10% gain since election day. that's the first time you have hit that 10% gain. it's started to run pretty hot. i don't think anybody would deny that in terms of how stretched it's gotten in the short term. one way to think about that is the market is having to grind higher to find sellers. there are not any below because there are all these different reasons people are leaning on right now. once again, not a broad rally today, not great breadth but enough for the index. health care leading the market. that doesn't conform to anyone's narrative except that there are stocks that have not participated in prior spaces. >> we can kind of rewind the clock a bit and look at the morning. comments

saunders along with johnny vegas. after trees started going down play was called. trying to get through rounds two and three saturday. a couple of birthdays today michaelnd jim brown 81. two of the greatest maybe ever to play. spencer and i are right in between. it was hard to find two days that spencer and i were between. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. >>> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy channel 13. the animal caught hanging out at a peninsula home with kids around. there was just one thing to do. that's at 9:00. >>> and trouble on the tracks for cal train. leaders respond after the trump administration issues a setback to the transit agency. >>> finally tonight a few thoughts about what really matters. it's raining again and a couple more storms are trailing close behind. we certainly need every drop. but given all of the problems we're having like the oroville dam emergency, maybe not with such intensity, the drought has changed our frame of reference. this is what a northern california rainy season looks like. we just got used to something else after five years without rain. all of these storms have made a huge difference, most areas

saunders along with johnny vegas. after trees started going down play was called. trying to get through rounds two and three saturday. a couple of birthdays today michaelrns 54 and jim brown 81. two of the greatest maybe ever to play. spencer and i are right in between. it was hard to find two days that spencer and i were between. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. >>> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy channel 13. the animal caught hanging out at a peninsula home with kids around. there was just one thing to do. that's at 9:00. >>> and trouble on the tracks for cal train. leaders respond after the trump administration issues a setback to the transit agency. >>> finally tonight a few thoughts about what really matters. it's raining again and a couple more storms are trailing close behind. we certainly need every drop. but given all of the problems we're having like the oroville dam emergency, maybe not with such intensity, the drought has changed our frame of reference. this is what a northern california rainy season looks like. we just got used to something else after five years without rain. all of these storms have made a huge difference, mo