The Phillies had been shut out in at the moment’s 6-0 loss to the Braves, dropping Philadelphia to a decent 5-4 file in its 9 video games with out injured sluggers Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. The excellent news is that at the least Schwarber will probably be activated from the 10-day injured checklist for the Phils’ subsequent recreation on Tuesday, and Harper appears on monitor to be activated sooner or later this week, even when Tuesday continues to be up within the air for the previous NL MVP.
Each gamers ran the bases previous to at the moment’s recreation, with MLB.com reporting that Schwarber has now been operating at full depth for 2 straight days, whereas Harper was operating “both at or near 100% depth.” Schwarber was sidelined with a groin pressure and Harper with a hamstring pressure, so baserunning is actually the ultimate step in assessing whether or not both participant is totally able to return. Whereas neither harm was regarded as overly severe, it’s clearly a fantastic signal for the Phillies that the preliminary evaluation appears to be correct, so the crew gained’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 checklist, groups are nonetheless checking in with the Marlins concerning the left-hander’s availability, USA As we speak’s Bob Nightengale writes. Luzardo’s preliminary IL placement happened on June 19, so he gained’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 scenario would make for some difficult commerce negotiations with Miami. From the Marlins’ perspective, it’s onerous to think about they might comply with promote low on considered one of their high commerce chips, particularly since Luzardo continues to be below crew management by means of the 2026 season.
- Orlando Arcia entered at the moment’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 unpleasant 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 transferring into the beginning shortstop position. 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 least persevering with to ship robust glovework on the shortstop place. Whereas Atlanta has been aggressive in selling prospects in recent times, Toscano doesn’t suppose the crew is contemplating bringing the hot-hitting Nacho Alvarez as much as the majors as a possible substitute for Arcia, as Alvarez solely simply made his Triple-A debut final month.
