The Phillies have been shut out in as we speak’s 6-0 loss to the Braves, dropping Philadelphia to a good 5-4 report in its 9 video games with out injured sluggers Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. The excellent news is that at the least Schwarber can be activated from the 10-day injured checklist for the Phils’ subsequent sport on Tuesday, and Harper appears on monitor to be activated sooner or later this week, even when Tuesday remains to be up within the air for the previous NL MVP.
Each gamers ran the bases previous to as we speak’s sport, 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 basically the ultimate step in assessing whether or not both participant is absolutely able to return. Whereas neither harm was considered overly severe, it’s clearly an amazing signal for the Phillies that the preliminary evaluation appears to be correct, so the staff received’t have any longer-term issues about two key members of their on a regular basis lineup.
Extra from across the NL East…
- Despite the fact 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 In the present day’s Bob Nightengale writes. Luzardo’s preliminary IL placement came about on June 19, so he received’t be again till August 18 on the earliest as he recovers from a lumbar stress response. If Luzardo was certainly in a position to return round that date and return in good type, there can be loads of time for the southpaw to contribute to a contender for the rest of the season, but naturally his well being state of affairs would make for some difficult commerce negotiations with Miami. From the Marlins’ perspective, it’s exhausting to think about they might conform to promote low on one in all their high commerce chips, particularly since Luzardo remains to be beneath staff management by the 2026 season.
- Orlando Arcia entered as we speak’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 unsightly 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 shifting into the beginning shortstop function. 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 sturdy glovework on the shortstop place. Whereas Atlanta has been aggressive in selling prospects in recent times, Toscano doesn’t assume the staff 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.