The Phillies introduced a quartet of roster strikes prematurely of their sport with the Marlins, as catcher Aramis Garcia is becoming a member of the massive league roster after his contract was chosen from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Proper-hander Jose Cuas can be becoming a member of the group on a waiver declare from the Blue Jays and has been assigned to Triple-A. In corresponding strikes, Philadelphia designated right-hander Nick Nelson for project and positioned infielder Rodolfo Castro on the 60-day injured listing. Castro was first referred to as up from Triple-A earlier than the IL placement, and it was already identified that his season can be over after he tore a thumb ligament on the finish of August.
Garcia is again within the Present to offer the Phillies some further catching depth since J.T. Realmuto is slightly banged up. Supervisor Rob Thomson instructed reporters (together with Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer) that Realmuto will want “a few days” to relaxation up after fouling a ball off his knee in yesterday’s sport, however the Phils don’t suppose Realmuto might want to go to the 10-day injured listing. Garcia and Garrett Stubbs will due to this fact deal with catching duties for what the workforce hopes is simply a short while till Realmuto is feeling higher.
That is the second time this season that Cuas has modified groups by way of the waiver wire, because the Blue Jays claimed him off the Cubs’ roster again in June. Cuas tossed three innings throughout 4 appearances for Toronto earlier than the Jays DFA’ed him earlier this week, and the righty has a tough 7.71 ERA in 16 1/3 complete innings this season with the Blue Jays and Cubs. It has been a giant step down from the three.84 ERA Cuas posted over 103 innings with the Royals and Cubs throughout the 2022-23 seasons, and even that respectable quantity was undermined by some shaky secondary metrics.
Management issues have contributed to Cuas’ struggles in each the majors and minors this 12 months, as he has a 6.67 ERA throughout 27 mixed Triple-A frames. Nonetheless lacking loads of bats regardless of these walks, the Phillies will check out Cuas and his plus sweeper, and Cuas will basically substitute Nelson as a depth arm.
Nelson was additionally designated for project final month earlier than he cleared waivers and was outrighted to Lehigh Valley. This prior outright signifies that Nelson can now decline one other outright project in favor of free company, if he’s maybe on the lookout for a contemporary begin after three seasons with the Phillies. He pitched 68 2/3 innings over 47 appearances with Philadelphia in 2022 however he has made simply 5 MLB appearances since, totaling 10 2/3 frames on the large league stage. A few accidents contributed to a few of Nelson’s missed time on the Phils’ roster, however the membership appeared to simply view Nelson as a depth pitcher, first as a starter in 2023 after which again to aid work this season.
