Girardi said that the choice to move Alvarado to triple A was not meant to send a message to the bullpen or the roster as a whole.
Jose F. Moreno/ Staff PhotographerNEW YORK — To give their starters an extra day of rest amid a stretch of 16 games in 16 days, the Phillies recalled left-handed pitcher Bailey Falter from triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday to start that night’s game in New York against the Mets.
with only one left-handed reliever in his bullpen in Brad Hand, but Alvarado has been struggling this season.Minor-leaguers rip ‘typical Phillies’ for putting them up in hotels: ‘We don’t have a home’ “I just think his sinker is not sinking the way it is, and we just have to get him back on track,” Girardi said Friday. “And it’s hard to get people work at this level to get them back on track. So hopefully this is just time out to get him where he was, and he’ll be dominant for us again.”
“What we’re trying to do is we’re trying to get him to where he’s an extremely valuable piece again,” he said. “That’s the most important news.
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