Injuries & Moves: Schwarber (back) misses 1st game this year
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May 11: DH Kyle Schwarber out of lineup with sore back
Schwarber woke up Saturday morning still feeling stiffness in his lower back.
He isn’t worried, though.
“I don’t think I’ll be on the IL by any means,” Schwarber said. “I’m just going to take it day by day. I want to make sure it’s not a reoccurring thing. I just want to make sure I take care of it so it doesn’t pop up again.”
Schwarber said he felt something while taking his final swing in the seventh inning in Friday night’s 8-2 victory over the Marlins. He might have further aggravated it as he ran from first to third.
Out of the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Marlins at loanDepot park, it was the first game Schwarber did not start this season. He said that at some point Saturday he planned to take a few swings in the cage to see if he might be available later in the game as a pinch-hitter.
“We’re working on it,” Schwarber said. “We’ll see what happens.”
10-DAY/15-DAY INJURED LIST
RHP Yunior Marte (right shoulder inflammation)
Expected return: TBD
Marte played catch from 150 feet on May 10, but he has a long way to go before he gets back on a mound. Marte first mentioned his shoulder issue during the team’s weekend series in San Diego in late April. It cropped up again in his last appearance a few days later against the Angels in Anaheim. (Last updated: May 10)
RHP Luis F. Ortiz (sprained left ankle)
Expected return: May
While Ortiz will restart his throwing program on May 11, he is officially on the IL because of a sprained left ankle he suffered on March 30. The Phillies officially recalled him from his rehab assignment because of inflammation in his right shoulder. He started to feel something in the shoulder following a couple of rehab appearances with Single-A Clearwater.
“We don’t think it’s anything, but we’re just taking it easy on him,” manager Rob Thomson said recently. (Last updated: May 10)
RHP Dylan Covey (right shoulder strain)
Expected return: TBD
Covey had started to play catch but he tweaked a hamstring while rehabbing. He is back in Clearwater, Fla. Covey has not pitched since his final Grapefruit League appearance on March 1. (Last updated: May 10)
RHP Michael Rucker (right hand arterial vasospasm)
Expected return: TBD
Rucker is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on May 11. He last pitched on March 1. (Last updated: May 10)
SS Trea Turner (strained left hamstring)
Expected return: Mid-to-late June
Turner injured his hamstring while scoring from second base on a passed ball in the Phillies' May 3 game against the Giants. He said the following day that he expects to miss at least six weeks.
This is Turner's first non-COVID IL stint since 2019, when he missed six weeks with a broken right index finger. His only other IL stints came in 2017, when he missed two months with a fractured right wrist and 12 days with a strained right hamstring, though this one is far more severe than that injury. (Last updated: May 8)
C Rafael Marchán (lower back pain)
Expected return: TBD
Marchán is expected to finally begin playing games within the next week. He has been sidelined since February because of a back injury. (Last updated: May 8)