Taijuan Walker, who was hit in the toe on his left foot during his last start on May 16 against the Mets, will start for the Phillies on Wednesday.
with a left hamstring strain, but the Phillies shortstop has been progressing well. He hit on the field on Tuesday afternoon, and says the biggest box he has to check is sprinting. Neither he nor managerwants to put a timeline on his return, but both say his rehab is going as well as it could right now.
Thomson said that Turner will do the same work on Tuesday: hitting on the field, taking ground balls, and throwing. When asked how it went on Tuesday, the shortstop was not enthused.“I mean, I hate hitting on the field, it’s useless, but hitting doesn’t bother me,” Turner said. “I’ve been able to swing pretty aggressively for a little while now, been doing a lot of stuff in the cage, pitching machines, stuff like that. So, hitting is not an issue. I just kind of do what they tell me.
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