The Phillies positioned third baseman Alec Bohm on the 10-day injured record resulting from a left hand pressure, per a workforce announcement, retroactive to September 3. Fellow infielder Buddy Kennedy is up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his spot on the lively roster.
Bohm hasn’t performed in a recreation since August 29, when he departed resulting from left hand discomfort. X-rays that day had been unfavourable, per Todd Zolecki of MLB.com (X hyperlink), and it appears the membership hoped for a restoration with just a few days off. However it seems that he hasn’t bounced again as hoped. Although he’s already been out of motion for every week, he’ll must miss at the very least every week extra as IL statements can solely be backdated by three days.
The Phils aren’t in any hazard of lacking the playoffs, in order that they have some wiggle room to be cautious. Their 84-56 report is tied with the Dodgers for finest within the Nationwide League and has the Phils eight video games forward of Atlanta and the Mets within the East division. They’re additionally three video games up on the Central-leading Brewers, with a bye by means of the Wild Card spherical on the road there, as solely two of three division winners get to skip the primary spherical.
The video games are nonetheless significant however they received’t be life-or-death conditions, to allow them to afford to provide Bohm a bit of breather and see how he responds with one other week of relaxation. Their lineup might be doubly shorthanded for some time, as additionally they put outfielder Austin Hays on the IL yesterday resulting from a kidney an infection. It’s unclear how lengthy the membership expects to be with out Hays, however they are going to be lacking a pair of regulars in the meanwhile, although the Phils will certainly be hoping that each are again earlier than the postseason.
Kody Clemens, Edmundo Sosa and Weston Wilson have all seen a while on the scorching nook throughout Bohm’s latest absence, so supervisor Rob Thomson may have some choices in setting his lineups going ahead, with Kennedy now within the combine as nicely. Within the outfield, Nick Castellanos, Brandon Marsh and Johan Rojas determine to get many of the enjoying time, with Wilson and Cal Stevenson additionally outfield-capable choices for the skipper to think about.