Phillies put Harper (elbow) on 10-day IL to start season
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bryce Harper was positioned on the 10-day injured checklist Thursday by the Philadelphia Phillies, who prevented the 60-day checklist for his or her star slugger and left open the chance that he might return earlier than the tip of May.
Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies president of baseball operations, stated the timeline on Harper’s return from reconstructive elbow surgical procedure hasn’t actually modified. After Tommy John surgical procedure in November, the National League champions stated they anticipated their two-time NL MVP again within the lineup as their designated hitter by the All-Star break in July. If on the 60-day IL, he would have been out till at the least May 29.
“We just continue to be hopeful. The good thing about it is that everything so far has been positive as far as his rehab is concerned,” Dombrowski stated within the dugout earlier than the season opener at Texas. “He feels good. The medical doctors, after they checked him out, stated they be ok with him.”
Harper was with the workforce in Texas for opening day, which got here on the identical day that first baseman Rhys Hoskins had surgical procedure in close by Fort Worth to restore a torn left ACL suffered in spring coaching.
Manager Rob Thomson stated the surgical procedure went extraordinarily properly. Hoskins took half in a workforce dinner with the Phillies after they arrived in Texas on Tuesday evening, and he was on the ballpark on Wednesday.
Hoskins, who will miss the season, was placed on the 60-day IL on Wednesday to make room on the 40-man roster when the Phillies acquired middle fielder Cristian Pache from the Oakland Athletics. Pache is predicted to hitch the workforce earlier than the second sport Saturday.
Harper is beginning the fifth season of a $330 million, 13-year contract with the Phillies. He hasn’t performed proper area since final April 16, had a platelet-rich plasma injection on his elbow in May and have become a full-time designated hitter to complete the season. He had Tommy John surgical procedure in November after serving to lead Philadelphia to its first World Series look since 2009.
