The Phillies placed third baseman Alec Bohm on the 10-day injured list due to a left hand strain, per a team announcement, retroactive to September 3. Fellow infielder Buddy Kennedy is up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his spot on the active roster.
Bohm hasn’t played in a game since August 29, when he departed due to left hand discomfort. X-rays that day were negative, per Todd Zolecki of MLB.com (X link), and it seems the club was hoping for a recovery with a few days off. But it appears that he hasn’t bounced back as hoped. Even though he’s already been out of action for a week, he’ll have to miss at least a week more as IL statements can only be backdated by three days.
The Phils aren’t in any danger of missing the playoffs, so they have some wiggle room to be cautious. Their 84-56 record is tied with the Dodgers for best in the National League and has the Phils eight games ahead of Atlanta and the Mets in the East division. They’re also three games up on the Central-leading Brewers, with a bye through the Wild Card round on the line there, as only two of three division winners get to skip the first round.
The games are still meaningful but they won’t be life-or-death situations, so they can afford to give Bohm a little breather and see how he responds with another week of rest. Their lineup will be doubly shorthanded for a while, as they also put outfielder Austin Hays on the IL yesterday due to a kidney infection. It’s unclear how long the club expects to be without Hays, but they will be missing a pair of regulars for the time being, though the Phils will surely be hoping that both are back before the postseason.
Kody Clemens, Edmundo Sosa and Weston Wilson have all seen some time at the hot corner during Bohm’s recent absence, so manager Rob Thomson will have some options in setting his lineups going forward, with Kennedy now in the mix as well. In the outfield, Nick Castellanos, Brandon Marsh and Johan Rojas figure to get most of the playing time, with Wilson and Cal Stevenson also outfield-capable options for the skipper to consider.
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Unfortunately I think Harper is in charge of Harper, and they can’t make him do anything. I agree that he should be sitting any game he can. They need him more in the playoffs than they need him right now.
Harper does what Harper wants, he probably wants to inflate his stats to compensate for the bad slump he had a month ago
Inflate his stats? He doesn’t like sitting and wants to contribute more like it. Seattle could use some offensive stat inflation.
Bruce Hooper?
nice to see Alec bohm put it together for almost a full season :3
Good luck to Buddy Kennedy. I enjoyed his brief time in a Tiger and Mud Hen uniform. I think he’s a capable backup, although obviously not of Bohm’s pedigree.
Good – Priority #1 = Get/keep everyone healthy
Yup – hand injuries are tricky. Let it heal, and then get him back in the swing of things in good form by the playoffs. For once, we have some solid depth for the interim.
Kennedy’s grandfather, Don Money, played for the Phillies and Brewers.
I remember Don Money playing third base for the Phils. Deron Johnson was at first.
With Larry Bowa at shortstop, and Denny Doyle and Terry Harmon splitting time at second base.
I had a Don Money brewer stratomatic card.
Those brewers slugged
I’d rather have Don Money!!
The Phillies’ patience with Alec Bohm has truly been rewarded. Nice job.
A hand strain? I don’t believe I’ve ever heard someone have a hand strain.
It’s a hamate bone injury and almost very requires season ending surgery.
Why cover it up when the truth will eventually surface?
The cover up is always worse than the crime.
Someone make the case that Trevor Bauer shouldn’t be the 5th starter on this team?
We see what you did there.
Should have been signed once Walker went in the IL the first time and Turnbull was placed on the 60 day.
Not that I like him but Kingery just never gets a look to be called up. What’s he care? He’s got $24 million that the government knows about.