Nine days before the trade deadline, one of the Phillies’ top relief pitchers is headed to the disabled list.
Edubray Ramos left in the sixth inning of the opener of Sunday’s doubleheader and was diagnosed with a strained patella tendon in his left knee. Ramos will undergo an MRI exam Monday, at which point the Phillies will know more about the severity of the injury.
“It happened the very last pitch when I landed on my left leg,” Ramos said through a team translator after the Phillies’ 10-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. “I felt that sharp pain in the knee.