The Phillies have placed outfielder Brandon Marsh on the 10-day injured list with a bruised knee, per a team announcement. Replacing Marsh on the active roster is Weston Wilson, who has had his contract selected by the Phillies today. The club had an open spot on the 40-man roster, so no additional move was necessary to make room for Wilson. Marsh’s injury occurred last night when he crashed into the center field wall and had to be helped off the field. He underwent an MRI and x-rays after exiting last night’s game, both of which came back negative. Phillies manager Rob Thomson indicated to reporters, including The Athletic’s Matt Gelb, that Marsh would be out between two and three weeks with the injury.
The injury comes in the midst of an excellent season with the Phillies, as he’s broken out to slash .284/.369/.463 (124 wRC+) while playing strong defense in center field. While Marsh is on the shelf, Gelb indicates that Johan Rojas will step in as the club’s everyday center fielder. In 16 games with the Phillies this season, Rojas has slashed .300/.333/.375 (93 wRC+) with excellent defense. Also potentially in the center field mix while Marsh recovers is Cristian Pache, who has been on the shelf since mid-July after undergoing elbow surgery but is expected to return before Marsh, per Gelb. In 53 trips to the plate with the Phillies this season, Pache has slashed .327/.365/.592 (156 wRC+) while playing his typically excellent defense in center.
With Rojas currently taking the everyday center field job and Pache on the way as well, that presumably leaves Wilson to fill in elsewhere around the diamond. The 28-year-old Wilson was a 17th-round pick by the Brewers in the 2016 draft and joined the Phillies organization this past season. He’s slashed an impressive .260/.361/.524 in 426 trips to the plate at Triple-A this season while first base, third base, shortstop, and both outfield corners. With the big league club, he’ll likely mix in alongside Edmundo Sosa, Jake Cave, and Rodolfo Castro among the club’s big league bench options.
Weston Wilson: 2023 Spring Training LEGEND
Sorry to hear this for the Phils. As a Braves fan I want to see them put their best foot forward to challenge Atl. It’s only listed as 10 day, but that could be a misnomer.
Given that ATL has come back down to Earth in recent weeks and the Phillies are finding their stride, the remaining 7 games between these clubs are shaping up to be must see MLB TV.
Looks like MLB DEBUT time for Weston Wilson after a decade…. Pretty cool
And he can even play shortstop….
Huge injury. Marsh was a huge part of the lackluster offense, but more importantly he got Schwarber off the field. Now Schwarber will have to play defense and that’s just not fun.
Agree VP, former President Ford had more coordination than Schwarber (& could probably hit for higher average)
Scharber’s miserable BA is certainly not a long term solution. More like a short term problem.
I think Schwarber is on pace for one of the worst 30 home run seasons ever. He’s at -1.2 bWAR, and we still have the rest of August and September to go.
*Roosevelt, F.
I really hope Marsh hits the mend quickly and this injury is indeed just a bruise.
Phillies are starting to warm like this time last year and we all know how that played out.
At least @rhp I assume Cave will get the LF duties…..
Try him at catcher again.
this really sucks for the Phillies. one we are having ungodly part-time scoring runs since the All-Star break it seems and he’s been one of our more consistent hitter since then believe it or not. then what makes it even worse is it’s going to be harder to score a run now most likely plus we’re going to take away his great defense. I love leading the games if we have a one or two run lead would take forever out move march to left and rojasen Center can’t do that now instead of Outfield defense is not going to be anywhere near as good and a little bit more trouble scoring runs
SPRING TRAINING LEGEND WESTON “WES” WILSON!
Never even heard of Weston Wilson but looked him up. Almost 10 years in the minors with close to 3000 plate appearances. Hopefully the Phillies can actually get him into a game so he can make him MLB debut.
Is Jayson Werth his stylist?
He might be. Might be his trainer as well. Either way, both work.
Get a haircut hippy
Wes homered in his first AB and then walked twice giving him a career ML OPS of 5.000