Only six players are on the Phillies major league disabled list, but the outlook of their 40-man roster is dreadful heading towards the All-Star break.
Injuries to J.P. Crawford, Dylan Cozens, Roman Quinn, and Pedro Florimon have left the Phillies bench short, and there’s no help coming anytime soon for the major league club. Currently deploying Andrew Knapp, Jesmuel Valentin, Mitch Walding, and Aaron Altherr off the bench Philadelphia has one of the worst backup crews in baseball.
Walding made history by becoming the first player in the 143 years of Major League Baseball to strikeout in his first seven major league plate appearances.