Phillies have announced that Zack Wheeler was placed on the 15 -day injured list due to a higher right blood clot. According to Charlotte Varnes of athletics, the clot is near her shoulder. The team has not announced a calendar for their return.
Philadelphia will activate Aaron Nola Since 60 days ago, there have been tomorrow. He is listed as the probable starter of their standard final in Washington. They initially intended to follow a rotation of six men. Instead, Nola will take the place of Wheeler in staff of five men who also includes Cristopher Sánchez,, Ranger Suárez,, Jesús Luzardo And Taijuan Walker. They will always have to open a place of 40 men for Nola and carry out an active list transaction to erase the space to Alec Bohmwhich is expected to return from a 10 -day passage tomorrow.
Immediate considerations on alignment take a rear seat to worry about Wheeler’s future. Phils should be able to withstand a short -term absence, at least with regard to division. They took a five game advance on the dishes in the NL East. Their grip on seeded n ° 2 of the national league and the associated first -round bye is tenuous. They are only half a match on the Dodgers and the Padres, who enter the game on Saturday evening on the head of NL West. (San Diego and play it with each other, so one of them will bind Philly tonight.) The hot hot brewers have well in front of the peloton for the head of the NL.
If this requires an absence in the longer term, it would obviously be a massive blow. Wheeler remains on the restricted list for the title of the best MLB launcher. It has an average deserved race of 2.71 and leads the majors with 195 stick withdrawals. It has an average of more than six rounds per departure. It will probably be Wheeler’s second consecutive exhibition, the Made at 3.00 and its fifth time, allowing less than three points deserved by nine during its six seasons in Philadelphia. Wheeler was exceptionally durable. It was only his second passage as a Phillie, the other being an absence of one month due to the tendinitis of the forearm in 2022.
A healthy wheeler would be the starter of the PHIDALPHIE game 1. Nothing indicates that the team is concerned about its availability in the playoffs, but a blood clot is delivered with a level of uncertainty. Phillies will probably provide more details in the coming days.
