Phillies manager Rob Thomson expects Walker to have four rehab outings before he rejoins the big league club. The first one is on Thursday night.
Taijuan Walker, who is on the injured list with right shoulder soreness, will start his rehab assignment on Thursday night in Clearwater, Fla. He’ll throw 60-65 pitches and build up in 15-pitch increments. ManagerThis would be a more pressing issue if Spencer Turnbull didn’t have an 0.00 ERA over his last two starts. Turnbull was signed with thebut was rapidly built up after Walker went on the injured list in spring training.
“Sure ,” Thomson said Thursday. “I mean, if he keeps putting up zeroes. That’s tough to take him out of the rotation. But we’ll see.” It’s unclear what that would look like right now, but Thomson responded to a few possibilities. He said piggybacking and going into a six-man rotation — later in the season — would be options. They tried a six-man rotation last summer, but there were some drawbacks.The numbers reflect that. His ERA on 4 days of rest was 2.09, and 4.35 over five days of rest. His ERA over six-plus days was 4.94. Hitters hit .258/.314/.430 against him on six days rest, as opposed to .247/.281/.
We should have more clarity on where Walker is at as he begins his rehab assignment, and gets closer to returning to the big league club. In the meantime, Turnbull has four more opportunities to force the Phillies to make a tough decision. will pitch one inning in Clearwater on Thursday night. He and Walker will return to Philadelphia on Friday, and the Phillies will map out a plan for their return.
Regardless of what they decide, Kerkering will not pitch Saturday. The Phillies have been using him one day on, one day off and would like to give him two days of rest before he returns to the big-league club.
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