The Philadelphia Phillies outfield state of affairs bought much more dire on Wednesday, with Adolis Garcia leaving the 7-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays with a pulled proper shoulder muscle.
Garcia was eliminated within the seventh inning after trying to throw out George Springer on the plate on a sacrifice fly by Kazuma Okamoto. After releasing the ball, the 33-year-old was seen hunched over, clutching his shoulder and calling out to the Phillies coaching employees.
Phillies interim supervisor Don Mattingly was attempting to stay optimistic when debriefing the media postgame, saying everyone seems to be “hoping for the perfect.”
“They sort of know after they’ve accomplished one thing,” Mattingly mentioned. “We’ll most likely get some imaging [Thursday] and discover out the true severity of it. Hope for the perfect.”
Matting added that “somebody goes to have to select it up,” referring to the opposite Phillies outfielders not named Brandon Marsh, i.e., Justin Crawford and Steward Berroa. This additionally refers to infielders/outfielders Otto Kemp and Felix Reyes down on the farm, who would be the apparent decisions to get known as up if Garcia winds up on the injured listing.
The Phillies choices internally to switch Adolis Garcia are weak
To make use of a fishing metaphor, the Phillies are persevering with to fish in a pond that’s not producing any prize fish. Kemp and Reyes have each appeared within the massive leagues this season and didn’t do nicely — Kemp batted .080 with 10 strikeouts in 13 video games, whereas Reyes batted .158 with 9 strikeouts in 12 video games.
Since each have returned to Lehigh Valley, neither has carried out nicely. Kemp had been hitting .100 with a .400 OPS in 30 at-bats in June, whereas Reyes had been hitting .161 with a .567 OPS in 31 at-bats.
Berroa is a pleasant defensive participant in heart subject, however has not accomplished a lot with the stick since he was known as up on Might 29. Berroa is batting .143 with 4 strikeouts in seven at-bats.
Crawford has seen his taking part in time minimize not too long ago, however it is going to improve once more with Garcia down.
The Phillies’ want for a right-handed bat has now doubled
Given Garcia’s struggles on the plate, the Phillies have been available in the market for a right-handed outfield bat, however his damage has doubled that want. Amongst certified proper fielders, Garcia is the worst in OPS (.599), batting common (.195) and is second to Washington Nationals James Wooden in strikeouts (84).
Sadly, for the Phillies, their choices on the commerce market to presumably exchange Garcia are few and much between. Solely two proper fielders who hit right-handed have over a .900 OPS: New York Yankees’ Aaron Decide (.908) and St. Louis Cardinals’ Jordan Walker (.926). Each are untouchable in commerce negotiations.
Skipping over Ronald Acuna Jr., who’s the subsequent greatest hitter, as he is harm and beneath a long-term contract, the one attainable answer could be Chicago Cubs proper fielder Seiya Suzuki. The Cubs are presently .500 and sit in fourth place within the Nationwide League Central and a recreation and a half again of the wild card.
With questions surrounding their plan on the commerce deadline (Aug. 3), Suzuki might develop into out there given his pending free company after this season.
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