(Photo : Rich Schultz/Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – Bryce Harper (#3) of the Philadelphia Phillies will get a pat on the cheek by Kyle Schwarber (#12) after he hit a two-run dwelling run towards the Arizona Diamondbacks in the course of the third inning of a sport at Citizens Bank Park on June 22, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What Philadelphia Phillies followers feared got here true because the group introduced that Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber will spend a while on the injured listing.
The two will spend ten days within the medical bay after getting damage of their 4-7 loss to the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
Harper suffered a left hamstring pressure in the course of the late moments of the sport within the ninth inning, whereas Schwarber had a left groin pressure in the course of the eighth inning.
The group confirmed that Harper’s damage isn’t a significant concern and that the choice to place him on IL was made for precaution.
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Harper has the identical sentiment.
“Bummed to go on the IL,” Harper mentioned forward of the Friday rematch with the Marlins.
“Never wanted that to happen, obviously. But it was the best decision for our team. Hopefully get back in the smartest way possible and quickest way as well.”
Schwarber, for his half, mentioned it was the coach’s resolution to take away him from the sport to forestall better threat.
“I thought it was just a cramp at first and I finished the inning,” he mentioned.
“But, as I was running in (between innings) I could still kind of feel it, so I talked to the trainer and he didn’t like where the spot was … so he wanted to get me out of there.”
Replacement for the 2 aces
Phillies are having a terrific first half of the 2024 MLB season. They are on the prime of the National League East, eight video games above second-placer Atlanta Braves.
They hoped the absence of their two All-Stars wouldn’t have a lot influence.
Harper is an MVP candidate who leads the NL in “average (fifth), homers (third), RBIs (fourth), on-base percentage (.399, fifth), slugging percentage (.582, second) and on-base plus slugging percentage (.981, second).”
Schwarber is simply as dependable. He was batting .250 with 17 homers and 49 RBIs earlier than the damage. He additionally leads the NL in walks with 59.
Infielder Kody Clemens and outfielder Johan Rojas, who had been recalled from the Triple-A Lehigh Valley, are coming in for the pair.
Rojas had seen some main motion earlier than however was despatched down once more to Triple-A to seek out his kind.
Manager Rob Thomson believes in Rojas’s potential and hopes he can show himself once more with the call-up.
“Everything that we wanted him to do – see pitches, grind out at-bats, use the field, use the speed game with bunting, cut down his swing – he did all of that,” Thomson mentioned of Rojas.
“So he’s proven to us that he’s got the aptitude to be able to do that and the physical capabilities to do that, and hopefully it continues here.”
All-Star availability of Harper and Schwarber
Harper topped the National League within the first section of voting, which robotically makes him the NL starter at first base.
Schwarber can also be on the shortlist and strikes on to the second voting section.
Both Harper and Schwarber are on the 10-day injured listing. This means they nonetheless have time to get wholesome earlier than the July 16 festivities at Globe Life Field in Texas.
Schwarber is his potential third All-Star Game look, whereas Harper notched his eighth, seven as a starter.
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