The Phillies’ offense was designed to slug, but baseball’s new rules favor speed and contact. Johan Rojas provides both. Keeping him in the lineup this week wouldn't be insignificant.
called up center field prospect Johan Rojas, they planned to play him against left-handed starting pitchers.Seven days went by without Rojas’ name appearing in the lineup. But he finally got a chance Monday night and notched two hits and two stolen bases. He would’ve had a third hit if the Phillies hadn’t run out of time to challenge diving Orioles center fielder Aaron Hicks’ drop of a sinking line drive.Phillies trade deadline: The cost of pitching insurance, defense vs.
The Phillies have signaled to teams that they are looking to add a right-handed hitter, ostensibly to replace Rhys Hoskins. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said that Harper’s move to first base frees up the DH spot for Kyle Schwarber and enables the Phillies to pursue a righty-hitting left fielder.
Turner has looked better at the plate recently. He had 11 hits in the last 10 games entering Tuesday and was batting .270/.333/.419 in 41 games since June 5.
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