The Phillies have placed southpaw Adam Morgan on the 10-day injured list with a flexor strain. His placement, which opens a roster spot for the activation of just-acquired outfielder Corey Dickerson, is retroactive to the first of the month.
It isn’t known yet precisely how long Morgan will be down, but it seems his season is at risk, as MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki tweets. Fortunately, surgery won’t be required, but it’s disappointing news nevertheless for a club that has been racked by bullpen injuries and performance downturns. The 29-year-old hurler isn’t exactly a premium late-inning arm, but he was an important part of the relief picture for the Phils.
Since converting full-time to a bullpen role in the 2017 campaign, Morgan has produced 133 2/3 innings of 3.97 ERA ball in Philadelphia. He’s carrying 9.6 K/9 against 3.4 BB/9 in that run. It has been much of the same this year, with Morgan turning in solid but hardly dominant overall work.
That characterization tends to understate Morgan’s value. He has jumped up to a 15.4% swinging-strike after a dip in 2018. And while he’s a marginal performer against right-handed hitters, he has largely dominated lefties. This year, they’re slashing a putrid .143/.150/.204. They struggled to meager .267/.350/.314 and .193/.245/.352 slashes in the prior two seasons.
In sum, Morgan is an important match-up piece for a team that will need to squeeze out close victories if it’s to reach the postseason. Without him, the club will rely upon Jose Alvarez and Ranger Suarez as lefty relief options.
Looking for the nearest wall to beat my head against….. it just never stops.
The pitchers’ training regimens are certainly suspect.
“Peace with you” huh?
Very cool…..
Third pitcher with a flexor tendon issue this year? 5th player with an elbow injury? Whats the deal?!
For the record, ALL bullpen pitchers:
Morgan (flexor tendon)
Robertson (flexor tendon/sason ending surgery)
Hunter (flexor tendon/sason ending surgery)
Arano (elbow scope)
Dominguez (damaged UCL)
The biggest difference between this pitching staff and 2018’s? Chris Young.
Someone explain to me how he was better than Kranitz after the job that Kranitz turned in last season? Sure, some of these pitchers regressed, but it’s all to suspect as an entire picture.
And why did Young hang it up early other than because he suc%ed? Because he had arm issues. Get this bum out of there.
How about we give a guy with a track record a shot? Throw stupid money at Jamie Moyer who lives 20 minutes from the ballpark and ask him to be the pitching coach.
20 minutes for most people, 30 minutes at his speed.
Moyer is back in Seattle doing a bunch of work with his charities.
Hahahaha
it’s that same chris young
http://m.mlb.com/phi/roster/coach/459314/chris-young
The Phillies have become the biggest joke in baseball and will be soon forgotten by the first preseason Eagles game.
Phillies need to put an out of order sign on their flexor machine lol
No worries Philly fans, Jason Vargas is on his way!
Psych!