Phillies utility player Whit Merrifield is ready to ‘pick up the slack’ during Trea Turner’s absence

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Phillies utility player Whit Merrifield is ready to ‘pick up the slack’ during Trea Turner’s absence
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Though he will have a rare rest day on Tuesday, catcher J.T. Realmuto is 6-for-12 with a double and a triple in three games out of the No. 2 spot for the Phillies' batting order.

Though he will have a rare rest day on Tuesday, catcher J.T. Realmuto is 6-for-12 with a double and a triple in three games out of the No. 2 spot for the Phillies' batting order.

An everyday player for much of his career, and an All-Star as recently as last season, Merrifield signed with the Phillies in spring training without any guarantees of playing time. He will get more at-bats now that star shortstop“I’ve always felt my game shows itself when I’m in there every day and you can see the different things that I can do,” Merrifield said Tuesday before batting in Turner’s No. 2 spot against the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park.

“A couple years ago, I probably wouldn’t have been ready at all to get in that game,” Merrifield said. “But I learned over there , so I had that routine established when I got here and wasn’t in the lineup every day. I knew what to expect, when to get moving, how to treat the day-in, day-out.Indeed, Merrifield’s first everyday chance with the Blue Jays came when Espinal strained a muscle in his side in a September 2022 game against the Phillies.

“I like hitting second because I know I can take my gear off when the game starts,” Realmuto said. “I know I’m going to hit in the first inning, so I don’t have to wait around. That’s about the only difference for me. Other than that, when I step in the box, it’s all the same.”

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