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Phillies Notes: Marsh, Pache, Alvarado

By Nick Deeds | August 20, 2023 at 8:45pm CDT

Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh was activated from the 10-day injured list earlier today, prior to the club’s appearance against Washington in tonight’s Little League Classic. Marsh’s return to the lineup is excellent news for Philadelphia, as the 25-year-old has slashed an excellent .281/.367/.460 (122 wRC+) in 361 trips to the plate while playing strong defense in center field this season. While Marsh was on the shelf, he was filled in for in center field admirably by youngster Johan Rojas, who has slashed a roughly league average .286/.337/.390 in 86 plate appearances while playing excellent defense in center.

With Marsh back on the roster, he figures to return to the everyday role he occupied prior to his injury. That leaves Rojas set to spend more time on the Phillies’ bench going forward, though manager Rob Thomson has indicated previously that using both Marsh and Rojas in the outfield could be on the table as a way to get both players’ bats into the lineup while also greatly improving the club’s overall outfield defense. Such an arrangement would likely come at the expense of at-bats for Jake Cave, but Cave hasn’t made things easy for Thomson himself, posting a superb .333/.359/.639 slash line in August while splitting time between the outfield and first base.

Further complicating the club’s logjam is the eventual return of Cristian Pache, who boasts elite outfield defense and showed flashes of the offensive potential that once made him a top prospect in 53 trips to the plate for the Phillies prior to going on the injured list last month. While rostering all three of Pache, Cave, and Rojas simultaneously would be all but impossible for the Phillies to manage, that eventuality has seemingly been put off, at least for the time being. As noted by the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Alex Coffey, Thomson told reporters that Pache is dealing with hip tightness, and the 24-year-old former top prospect’s timetable for return is currently unclear.

While Pache appears to be out of commission for the foreseeable future, the club offered better news on the pitching side of things, as MLB.com notes that left-hander Jose Alvarado is expected to rejoin the club tomorrow. Alvarado has been on the injured list since early July with left elbow inflammation, his second IL stint this season for the ailment. Despite the nagging injury, Alvarado has been nothing short of dominant when healthy enough to take the mound, with a 1.38 ERA, 2.30 FIP, and a 36.4% strikeout rate in 26 innings of work this season. In returning, Alvarado seems poised to join the late-inning mix for the Phillies ahead of closer Craig Kimbrel.

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15 Comments

  1. drasco036

    2 years ago

    Word of the day is “excellent”

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    • briar-patch thatcher

      2 years ago

      Agree with you somewhat, in an effort to be more gracious. I always appreciate the fact that the MLBTR writers exude a “child-like” love for baseball that comes across through an excitedly bright tone and syntax—however, with that, comes exaggerations that are much to the chagrin of the baseball purist crowd, but it’s immaterial in the aggregate.

      My personal standard for “excellent” wrC+ is at LEAST 140, if not 150 (you know, that MVP thing). Play ball.

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    • sugoi51

      2 years ago

      “Be excellent to each other.” Bill and Ted. youtube.com/watch?v=rph_1DODXDU

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    • Kruk's Beer League

      2 years ago

      This is excellent news if you’re a Phillies fan.

      Reply
  2. Edp007

    2 years ago

    Philly is the only city in the NL east … to not yet indict Trump lol

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    • cpdpoet

      2 years ago

      You are surely the type that googles the TB infielder hourly.
      Leave politics out of this….please.

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      • Edp007

        2 years ago

        No offence intended was a bi partisan observation , Philadelphia Freedom

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        • mlb fan

          2 years ago

          Now go back to your “safe space”.

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        • Bart Harley Jarvis

          2 years ago

          It was a keen observation, Ed. No need to apologize.

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  3. cpdpoet

    2 years ago

    As for the Phils, it’ll be good to get Marsh and his attitude back in the line-up.
    But Phils face a lhp tomorrow so do they keep WW until Pache comes back or does the hot hitting Cave remain on the roster?
    My guess is WW gets sent down. That gives them a bench of Cave, Sosa, Castro and Stubbs.

    Alvarado now resets the bullpen hierarchy back to where it should be, here’s hoping he is at least semi-back to form.

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  4. jgoody62

    2 years ago

    I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out what the coresponding move was… 27 man roster for Little League classic is the answer, and I had to pull that from an article about Carter Kieboom joining the Nationals for the trip

    masnsports.com/blog/kieboom-thompson-rejoin-roster…

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  5. whosehighpitch

    2 years ago

    Just can’t lose a series to the Nationals

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    • gbs42

      2 years ago

      Anything can happen in a short series.

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  6. walshanater

    2 years ago

    True that fellas. As we celebrate the Braves domination in the East yet again, let’s burn one together.

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  7. DadsInDaniaBeach

    2 years ago

    do the Phillies try and keep Nola..this has been a rough year for him..seems to give up a long ball every game..

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