The news emerged Friday that Phillies starting left fielder Howie Kendrick will miss more time than expected after hitting the disabled list last week. Corey Seidman of CSN Philly reported that Kendrick may miss another week to ten days due to an oblique strain, if not longer.
In the meantime, the Phils have been playing with a short bench with either Daniel Nava or Aaron Altherr filling in for Kendrick in left field. Instead of calling up a bench player from Triple-A, Philadelphia brought up Mark Leiter, Jr.