The Phillies placed shortstop Trea Turner and third baseman Alec Bohm on the 10-day injured list, reports Matt Gelb of The Athletic. Otto Kemp and Donovan Walton are up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take their roster spots. Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic reports that the Phils are moving reliever Daniel Robert from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list to open a 40-man roster spot for Walton, whose minor league contract was selected. Turner has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, manager Rob Thomson tells the Phillies beat (link via Lochlann March of the Philly Inquirer).
Bohm is battling left shoulder soreness. Gelb reports that the third baseman has been plagued by a bothersome cyst that’ll need to be drained and treated with an injection. There’s nothing structurally amiss, however, and Thomson expressed confidence it’ll be a minimal 10-day IL stint. The Phils have a comfortable enough seven-game lead in the NL East that they can afford that absence. Their margin over the Dodgers for the #2 placement in the National League and the associated first-round bye is smaller, but they’re still four games up in that race.
Turner suffered a hamstring strain during Sunday’s game. An injured list stint was inevitable. The far more significant question was whether it’d threaten his availability for the postseason. Thomson left open the possibility that he’ll be back before the end of the regular season. That’d allow him to take a few at-bats to get up to speed before the playoffs. The Division Series are scheduled to begin on October 4. The Phillies would automatically qualify as long as they hang on to the #2 seed. That’d give Turner a month to get back to action.
Edmundo Sosa will take over shortstop for as long as Turner is out of action. Kemp will jump from Lehigh Valley to regular playing time in Philly for at least a week and a half. He’s starting at third base tonight and batting ninth against Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean. Walton will replace Sosa as the team’s utility infielder.
It’ll be the first major league action of the season for the 31-year-old Walton. Philly acquired him from the Mets at the beginning of July. Walton was playing on a minor league deal with New York and was assigned to Lehigh Valley. He was batting .222/.315/.377 in 73 games with the Mets’ affiliate. His numbers have picked up since the trade. Walton has hit .339/.413/.424 with almost as many walks as strikeouts across 209 plate appearances for the IronPigs.
A former fifth-round pick of the Mariners, Walton has played parts of five seasons in the majors. The lefty batter has played in 70 games and carries a .174/.227/.305 line against big league pitching. Walton’s value lies primarily in his defensive flexibility. He’ll provide cover throughout the infield and has experience in left field (though the Phils have enough outfield depth that he probably won’t get much time there).
Walton was in the organization before September 1. That means he’s eligible for the postseason even though he was not on the 40-man roster until today. The Phils will hope to have Turner and Bohm back in plenty of time so that doesn’t need to be a consideration. Walton is out of options, so the Phillies would need to designate him for assignment to take him off the roster during the regular season.
Robert just went on the injured list last week with a forearm strain. His season is over. He made 15 appearances in an up-and-down role this season, allowing seven runs across 13 innings. The Phils acquired him in a DFA trade with Texas in May. They’ll need to reinstate him to the 40-man roster or put him on waivers at the start of the offseason.
Yeesh. Bohm too. Mets have a huge opportunity here. Phillies are banged up big time. A struggling Nola and a depleted roster. I’d bet big on the Mets in game 1.
Philly will still win the series.
All they need to do is split really.
I think they do just that but I think others step up and they win the series.
They are fine winning one game. You have the two seed wrapped up.
Not really. Dodgers are right there.
You’re 4 games ahead of the Dodgers with the tie breaker. They have a hard schedule. I think your just fine.
If the Mets take the Phillies series and the Dodgers remember how to win games, the two-seed is in play. Should be an exciting week.
When’s the last time that happened?
The last serties at CBP. Mets on Phillies in NY. Phillies own Mets at CBP. It is what it is.
@ Von—Phillies are still going to win the division
I know. But they need the bye. Dodgers are on their heels.
Bad bet apparently. Phillies finally got that closer.
Mets seem to hit Duran pretty well for some reason, but Phils still got the big win with a depleted lineup.
It’s definitely not good news before the Mets series. However, unfortunately, Mets has their number regardless.
Mets have their number in Citifield. Phillies won the previous series in Philly. That being said, tonight is heavy favoring the Mets.
Philly will still win the series , Mets are terrible on the road.
Phillies are seven games up. They could get swept and would still have a three game lead with only 15 games remaining. I don’t think the Phillies need to worry too much. Their prime focus should be getting healthy and lining up their pitching for the playoffs.
They need to worry about the Dodgers stealing their bye.
Your faith in your team isn’t very high is it?
It’s more respect for the Dodgers.
Not to jinx it, but the Dodgers are 3-7 in their last 10, 9-11 in their last 20, and 14-16 in their last 30. 21-25 since the All-Star break. They’ve been playing .500 ball for a while now. Then again, they open a series with the Rockies tonight.
The Rockies and they also play the very injured Phillies
This aged poorly.
Not good with the mets series going down this week. Philly will still win the east. Need to get healthy.
Mets need to pile on and get some wins while the Phillies are hurting.
it’s not gonna happen
2-7 this year. 1-3 in playoffs last year. The Mets are the only team the Phillies don’t want to play.
Mets are gonna end up playing the dodgers or padres in the wildcard round on the road. I would be worried about playing them instead of us.
No one in baseball is that intimidating this year. Anyone in the playoffs has a decent shot.
Except the mets are terrible on the road
They have three new starters. Who knows what the Mets will be in the playoffs. They have the best offense in baseball right now.
Not on the road they dont
The Phillies are 0-7 at Citi field this year. I guess they are world beaters on the road.
The Mets have had their number at Citi, but the Phils road numbers are still 38-37 this year even with that atrocity. taken into account. You might want to check your team’s road record before you get too chest-beaty…
They are actually one of the better teams on the road thos year. Just not in Queens.
Speaking of 0-fers, the Mets are now a major league-worst 0-60 this season when trailing after eight innings. That’s an 0-MG statistic.
They’re only good at home. It’s fascinating.
Speaking as a Phillies fan, I am very comfortable with that streak continuing – indefinitely if possible…
…although they came within inches of breaking that the other night against Duran.
This didn’t age well. Phillies would love to play the Mets some more. Baseball is funny.
Very unfortunate timingfor PHI. Hope Turner is a low grade thing. Great player. Division is essentially a done deal. NYM cannot seem to get momentum and are in a position relying on other contenders to lose rather than winning and locking in a berth. Maddening team
Phillies will still win the east , All philly has to do is get a split in this series. I would be shocked if philly took 3 of 4.
The good news – Trea is a Grade 1 strain…the lowest grade. That means that he has a decent shot at being back for the playoffs. Grab the bye and that is another 5 or 6 days to recover.
The bad news – why are the Baseball Gods so mad at Philly right now?
The Mets now have a golden opportunity to close the gap and maybe even take the lead in the NL East.
That’s not gonna happen.
Let’s find out!
Mets road record says other wise. But hopefully a fun series.
Shades of 2007? 7 back with 17 to go. Heading to the visitors stadium for the 4 game sweep? Not likely.
Even if the Muts pulled that off, it would STILL take an epic collapse by the Phillies and a great run by the Muts for the Phillies to not win the division.
Yea I don’t think that will happen. Our pitching is still good without wheeler. I think somebody like Casty is gonna step up in this series.
1964 says hello.
There weren’t 3 Wildcards in 1964. Phillies have plenty of breathing room.
The Mets aren’t even looking at the Phillies. They’re more concerned staying ahead of the Giants and DBacks. Is it possible to win the division? Certainly, but highly unlikely.
I guess the Mets taking the division is indeed unlikely. Should be a fun series though.
They need Nola to get through 4 innings without being waffled. Essentially the same for Walker. Maybe Buehler can pull a Pedro Martinez circa 2009.
Not holding my breath.
Nola sure showed up, didn’t he? I had to look at the calendar. I thought it was 2017.
Deep breaths, deep breaths…
Guess I’m not saying what most others are saying. This is definitely not good at all. Some RSox fans were saying that the Anthony injury shouldn’t impact them too much due to their offense was dealing fine before his call up. Immediately it looks not to be the case. Philly will definitely feel his absence.
The crazy ball lady was signed and playing 3rd base.
Why not call up Crawford? I don’t follow sabermetric stats, so if you reply with some of that, it’s a waste of time.
Crawford is on the 7 day IL (concussion protocol). Even if he wasn’t on IL, I doubt Phillies still wouldn’t call him up. They still think he’s “not ready”.
Appears Turner will win the NL Batting Title and the league won’t have to worry about having its first sub .300 hitting batting champ. Yaz’s American League 1968 batting championship record low of .301 remains safe for another year
And Marsh has the flu. That’s our top 3 batters in terms of average all out.
Bohm–not a top 3 hitter and was particularly bad the last two weeks. Could have been playing hurt.
In terms of average and hits he is. I get that’s not everything, but it speaks to consistency.
Didn’t know that.
and they stoill won!
I’d like to see Thomson use Bader or Marsh to leadoff. Harper and Schwarber seem to be pressing so much them down the order to 3 & 4.
Right now, you could make the argument to go Marsh/Bader/Schwarber/Harper/Realmuto/Kepler/Sosa/Stott/Kemp
or
Marsh/Realmuto/Schwarber/Harper/Bader/Kepler/Sosa/Stott/Kemp.
Not a bad idea