Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.
Beginning for the primary time since April 30, Spencer Turnbull exited Wednesday’s Phillies sequence finale in Detroit after three innings with proper shoulder soreness.
It is worrisome information for a crew that started the week by inserting Taijuan Walker on the 15-day injured checklist with a blister that has prevented him from gripping and throwing his splitter the best way he must.
Given the circumstances with Turnbull — his return to the rotation and his return to Detroit to face the one crew he’d identified earlier than the Phillies – the shoulder needed to be fairly sore. He threw 36 pitches and felt ache on the thirty fifth, a curveball.
“I simply felt a bit of seize behind my tricep, shoulder, lat space,” he informed reporters after the sport. “The final curveball, it acquired a bit of tight on me. Hopefully it is nothing critical however I wished to inform them after I felt it. Did not need to do something to make it worse. Hopefully I am superb. We’ll get it checked out tomorrow however I feel I will be all proper.
“I do not know what it’s about this place right here (Detroit). I simply can’t appear to remain wholesome right here, perhaps it is cursed. Can not seem to keep wholesome right here so glad to get out of right here. Get again to Philly and hopefully really feel higher within the morning.”
Turnbull was drafted by the Tigers in 2014, made it to the majors 4 years later and began 30 video games in 2019. He threw a no-hitter in Might 2021 however was sidelined a month later, underwent Tommy John surgical procedure and did not pitch once more within the huge leagues till final April. He had two prolonged stints on the injured checklist with neck discomfort throughout a irritating 2023 season, which ended with him being non-tendered.
The 31-year-old right-hander will endure testing on Thursday.
“We’ll know extra tomorrow as soon as we discover out what is going on on and the way he feels,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned. “He felt a seize behind his shoulder and I did not need to take any probabilities. Went to the bullpen and the bullpen did an amazing job.”
The Phillies received the sport, 6-2, and the sequence to enhance to 53-27. Brandon Marsh went 4-for-4 with a homer, three singles and 4 RBI.
The Phillies have the perfect 1 by 4 in baseball however do not have a lot beginning pitching depth past their core 4 and the 5-6 of Walker and Turnbull. Most groups do not.
Walker’s alternative on the lively roster this week was lanky 25-year-old right-hander Michael Mercado, who was known as up from Triple A after pitching to a 1.71 ERA in 47⅓ innings. Mercado made his big-league debut within the Phillies’ 8-1 win Monday, going 1-2-3 within the eighth inning with a strikeout. He flashed a 96-97 mph fastball, low-80s curveball and high-80s cutter.
Mercado was stretched out to 6 innings and 91 pitches in his most up-to-date begin with Lehigh Valley. That was solely eight days in the past, so he would make sense for a spot begin rather than Turnbull if Turnbull is unable to take the ball subsequent time.
“I feel the main candidate could be Mercado if we needed to do one thing,” Thomson mentioned. “He is not that far-off from his final begin so he is nonetheless stretched out and I am fairly assured in that.”
The Phillies might additionally skip the fifth spot of their rotation as a result of they’re off Monday. The subsequent time the No. 5 spot could be crucial is Saturday, July 6, at which level they may have extra readability with Turnbull or Walker.
If each Turnbull and Walker miss a number of begins, the Phillies do not have many choices past Mercado. Max Castillo and Kolby Allard are on the 40-man roster however have not pitched nicely at Triple A. Nor has Mick Abel, who has a 7.08 ERA and is not but on the 40-man.
The Phillies are 26 video games over .500 with a 7½-game cushion over the Braves within the NL East, but when they do not get excellent news on Turnbull and Walker within the coming days, they might must discover including a reasonable rental starter earlier than the July 30 commerce deadline (a la Michael Lorenzen a yr in the past). They will not want a fifth starter in October however they’re going to want one within the common season to forestall their bullpen from being taxed unnecessarily.