The Phillies have been shut out in in the present day’s 6-0 loss to the Braves, dropping Philadelphia to a decent 5-4 document in its 9 video games with out injured sluggers Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. The excellent news is that at the very least Schwarber shall be activated from the 10-day injured listing for the Phils’ subsequent sport on Tuesday, and Harper appears on observe to be activated sooner or later this week, even when Tuesday remains to be up within the air for the previous NL MVP.
Each gamers ran the bases previous to in the present day’s sport, with MLB.com reporting that Schwarber has now been working at full depth for 2 straight days, whereas Harper was working “both at or near 100% depth.” Schwarber was sidelined with a groin pressure and Harper with a hamstring pressure, so baserunning is basically the ultimate step in assessing whether or not both participant is absolutely able to return. Whereas neither damage was considered overly severe, it’s clearly an important signal for the Phillies that the preliminary evaluation appears to be correct, so the workforce received’t have any longer-term issues about two key members of their on a regular basis lineup.
Extra from across the NL East…
- Regardless that Jesus Luzardo is on the 60-day injured listing, groups are nonetheless checking in with the Marlins in regards to the left-hander’s availability, USA At present’s Bob Nightengale writes. Luzardo’s preliminary IL placement befell on June 19, so he received’t be again till August 18 on the earliest as he recovers from a lumbar stress response. If Luzardo was certainly capable of return round that date and return in good kind, there could be loads of time for the southpaw to contribute to a contender for the rest of the season, but naturally his well being state of affairs would make for some difficult commerce negotiations with Miami. From the Marlins’ perspective, it’s arduous to think about they might comply with promote low on one in all their high commerce chips, particularly since Luzardo remains to be underneath workforce management by the 2026 season.
- Orlando Arcia entered in the present day’s motion hitting .209/.245/.332 over 314 plate appearances, and with the bottom wRC+ (58) of any certified hitter in baseball. It has been an unsightly dropoff for a participant who had roughly a league-average 101 wRC+ for the Braves in 2022-23, and Arcia was even an All-Star final season after shifting into the beginning shortstop function. Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Structure writes that the Braves are seemingly okay with letting Arcia attempt to discover himself on the plate, since he’s at the very least persevering with to ship sturdy glovework on the shortstop place. Whereas Atlanta has been aggressive in selling prospects lately, Toscano doesn’t assume the workforce is contemplating bringing the hot-hitting Nacho Alvarez as much as the majors as a possible alternative for Arcia, as Alvarez solely simply made his Triple-A debut final month.
