This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Phillies injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
INF Aidan Miller (Phillies' No. 1 prospect, No. 21 overall)
Injury: Sore lower back
Expected return: TBD
Status: Manager Rob Thomson said Miller’s “activities have increased,” but he still has not progressed enough from his lingering back injury to start swinging a bat. “We don't want to push him too fast and then all of a sudden, we go backwards,” Dave Dombrowski said on March 22. (Last updated: March 31)
RHP Zack Wheeler
Injury: Right upper extremity blood clot
Expected return: April
Status: Threw three innings in first rehab start with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on March 28. Expected to make next start on April 3 with Lehigh Valley, then make another with Double-A Reading the following week. On track for April return. (Last updated: March 28) More >>
RHP Orion Kerkering
Injury: Strained right hamstring (Grade 1)
Expected return: As early as April 7
Status: Threw a 1-2-3 inning in first rehab outing with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on March 28. Expected to progress to pitching in back-to-back games on March 30 and April 1. (Last updated: March 28)
OF Gabriel Rincones Jr. (Phillies' No. 8 prospect)
Injury: Soreness/tendinitis in both knees
Expected return: TBD
Status: Did not play this spring before being optioned to Minor League camp on March 7. Has been swinging at bat as of March 22. (Last updated: March 22)
RHP Max Lazar
Injury: Left oblique strain
Expected return: TBD
Status: Left Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic after feeling something in his abdomen/oblique. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said it’s “very mild.” (Last updated: March 10)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
March 25
• OF Justin Crawford: Contract selected by Phillies
• INF Christian Cairo: Contract selected by Phillies, optioned to Triple-A
• C Garrett Stubbs: Designated for assignment
March 22
• RHP Zach McCambley: Returned to Miami
• RHP Chase Shugart: Optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley
• INF Christian Cairo, INF Liover Peguero, OF Bryan De La Cruz, RHP Jonathan Hernández, RHP Lou Trivino: Optioned to Minor League camp
March 21
• RHP Trevor Richards: Reassigned to Minor League camp