The Latest Phillies Injury Updates
- Ranger Suárez (mild back stiffness)
- Status: TBD; scratched from Friday’s spring training start
- Ranger Suárez is dealing with “mild back stiffness,” according to multiple reports from spring training — including The Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Scott Lauber, who reports Suárez felt stiff on Sunday after a 60-pitch Saturday intrasquad. He won’t start on Friday as planned, and the Phillies will know more in the next day or two.
- It’s notable, of course, because it was a nagging back injury that severely hampered Suárez down the stretch last season; contributing to a 6.