Phillies Nation‘s No. 3 Phillies prospect Griff McGarry was scheduled to start Friday night for the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils against Hartford. He was scratched from that outing and some worried that it was due to a blister that limited him to just 3 1/3 innings in his last start on Aug. 26.
The Phillies, according to The Athletic’s Matt Gelb, are moving McGarry to a bullpen role.
The move likely has no barring on how the Phillies view McGarry moving forward. He is a starter and Dave Dombrowski previously hinted that all three of McGarry, Mick Abel and Andrew Painter could get a chance to compete for a rotation spot out of spring training next year.