But that may not have been the biggest news emanating from Shildt’s pregame media session. Shildt revealed that struggling righthander Michael Wacha will be in the bullpen for the foreseeable future. He certainly won’t start at Philadelphia next week, with a starter for Wednesday’s game to be brought up from Memphis, Shildt said.
Shildt also was asked whether he had considered moving No. 2 hitter Paul Goldschmidt, who had two extra-base hits and five RBIs for the previous month, to either a more customary No. 3 or No. 4 in the lineup. “Our ‘three hole’ hitter (Paul DeJong) candidly is one of the better offensive players in baseball and our ‘four hole’ hitter (Marcell Ozuna) is leading baseball in RBIs,” said Shildt.