Nick Castellanos (right oblique) won’t be suiting up for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs or Reading Fightin Phils before returning to the Philadelphia Phillies.
The slugging outfielder did a full on-field workout Saturday, and the plan is for him to do the same thing on Sunday. There’s not an exact date for when Castellanos will return to the lineup, but interim manager Rob Thomson said the hope is that he could do so at some point in Chicago this week.
After hinting a couple times this week that Castellanos would prefer to return without going on a rehab stint, Thomson said Saturday afternoon that “it doesn’t look like we’re gonna do a rehab stint.