The Phillies introduced a quartet of roster strikes prematurely of their sport with the Marlins, as catcher Aramis Garcia is becoming a member of the large league roster after his contract was chosen from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Proper-hander Jose Cuas can also be becoming a member of the group on a waiver declare from the Blue Jays and has been assigned to Triple-A. In corresponding strikes, Philadelphia designated right-hander Nick Nelson for project and positioned infielder Rodolfo Castro on the 60-day injured record. Castro was first referred to as up from Triple-A earlier than the IL placement, and it was already recognized that his season can be over after he tore a thumb ligament on the finish of August.
Garcia is again within the Present to provide the Phillies some additional catching depth since J.T. Realmuto is a bit of banged up. Supervisor Rob Thomson advised reporters (together with Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer) that Realmuto will want “a few days” to relaxation up after fouling a ball off his knee in yesterday’s sport, however the Phils don’t suppose Realmuto might want to go to the 10-day injured record. Garcia and Garrett Stubbs will subsequently deal with catching duties for what the staff hopes is simply a short while till Realmuto is feeling higher.
That is the second time this season that Cuas has modified groups through the waiver wire, because the Blue Jays claimed him off the Cubs’ roster again in June. Cuas tossed three innings throughout 4 appearances for Toronto earlier than the Jays DFA’ed him earlier this week, and the righty has a tough 7.71 ERA in 16 1/3 whole innings this season with the Blue Jays and Cubs. It has been a giant step down from the three.84 ERA Cuas posted over 103 innings with the Royals and Cubs in the course of the 2022-23 seasons, and even that respectable quantity was undermined by some shaky secondary metrics.
Management issues have contributed to Cuas’ struggles in each the majors and minors this yr, as he has a 6.67 ERA throughout 27 mixed Triple-A frames. Nonetheless lacking numerous bats regardless of these walks, the Phillies will check out Cuas and his plus sweeper, and Cuas will basically change Nelson as a depth arm.
Nelson was additionally designated for project final month earlier than he cleared waivers and was outrighted to Lehigh Valley. This prior outright signifies that Nelson can now decline one other outright project in favor of free company, if he’s maybe on the lookout for a recent begin after three seasons with the Phillies. He pitched 68 2/3 innings over 47 appearances with Philadelphia in 2022 however he has made simply 5 MLB appearances since, totaling 10 2/3 frames on the massive league stage. A few accidents contributed to a few of Nelson’s missed time on the Phils’ roster, however the membership appeared to simply view Nelson as a depth pitcher, first as a starter in 2023 after which again to aid work this season.
