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The Phillies have placed Cole Hamels on the 15-day DL retroactive to August 13th
The Phillies announced today that Cole Hamels will miss his next start with shoulder inflammation, but will not be placed on the DL. Hamels had complained of some stiffness in his shoulder and had MRI yesterday, which revealed no structural damage but did show some inflammation. Cole says it just due to some fatigue.
"It was just one of those things where I wasn’t able to get loosened up," Hamels said. "It’s that time of the year where you’re a little fatigued a little bit and battle through it and move on to the next game."
Because of Sunday's rainout, it allows all the pitchers to move up a spot but still be on regular rest. So Roy Oswalt will start Friday in place of Cole against the Nationals. As the Phillies still hold the best record in baseball, lead the NL East by 8.5 games (and growing) while also leading a hypothetical wildcard race by 13.5 games there's been suggestions that the Phils could use a six man rotation later in the year to give their top starters some extra rest as the playoffs draw nearer. Pitching coach Rich Dubee said it was an idea under consideration.
"We might, we might," Dubee said last week. "That's not out of the question."
Cole Hamels Injury: Phillies Starter Placed On DL With Shoulder Inflammation
The Phillies announced this afternoon that Cole Hamels has been placed on the 15-day DL. Minutes later, the ground shook… Almost the entire Northeastern part of the US felt a rare earthquake centered in Virginia and the coverage of that more or less buried the Hamels news. More than one “earth shaking news” joke was made on twitter.
Hamels missed his last start with what the Phillies called shoulder inflammation, but an MRI revealed no structural damage. The team said at the time that they didn’t plan on putting him on the DL. Clearly, he must not have felt enough improvement to make his next start, so a DL trip just makes sense. Plus, given where the Phillies are in the standings, there’s just no rush.
Pete Orr has been recalled from AAA to take Hamels spot on the roster. It’s likely that Roy Oswalt will make Hamels’ next start and Kyle Kendrick will hop into the rotation after that..
Aug 23 2:40p by Jason Brewer