BALTIMORE — The Philadelphia Phillies anticipate to have star shortstop Trea Turner again Monday, in response to supervisor Rob Thomson.
Thomson mentioned Sunday that Turner could be activated the next day “except one thing bizarre occurs.” He hasn’t performed since Could 3 due to a left hamstring pressure.
Turner hit .343 with 10 stolen bases in 33 video games earlier than occurring the injured listing.
The Phillies have saved proper on rolling with out him. They led the Nationwide League East by eight video games getting into Sunday’s collection finale at Baltimore.
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Philadelphia hosts San Diego on Monday in its first residence sport since June 5 — instantly earlier than the staff traveled to London for a few video games towards the New York Mets. The Phillies adopted that journey with collection at Boston and Baltimore.
“It looks like we have been gone for a month,” Thomson mentioned.
Edmundo Sosa has performed nicely in Turner’s absence. He hit his fifth homer of the season Saturday.
“He is enormous. I feel for the final couple of years, most likely the baseball world checked out him as a utility man. Now they’re taking a look at him like a shortstop,” Thomson mentioned. “So his worth may be very excessive proper now, correctly as a result of he is performed very nicely.”
Sosa figures to have a task going ahead as an infield backup — and presumably within the outfield.
“If he isn’t enjoying daily, there’s nothing improper with getting him some outfield work,” Thomson mentioned. “Simply to see what it appears to be like like, simply to get him snug.”