Phillies Injury Updates: Taijuan Walker lands on injured list

The Latest Phillies Injury Updates

• Taijuan Walker (right index finger inflammation)
• Status: 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 22
• Walker has inflammation in his right index finger and a blister on the inside (right) of it. RHP Michael Mercado was called up to take his spot on the 26-man roster. Spencer Turnbull will start for the Phillies Wednesday in Detroit, with the belief being he can throw about 70 pitches.
• So Walker still able to throw a fastball, but not the splitter, which involves putting the ball between his right index and middle finger. Manager Rob Thomson didn’t give a specific timeline on Walker, as the splitter is his most effective pitch, so the blister/inflammation needs to heal. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 23)

• Kody Clemens (low back spasms)
• Status: 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 31
• Clemens is going to play seven innings in left field at Triple-A Lehigh Valley Sunday. After going 0-for-2 Friday, Clemens went 2-for-5 with a home run Saturday. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 23)

• Luis Ortiz (right forearm)
• Status: 15-day injured list
• Ortiz departed his rehab appearance with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on June 18 with a forearm strain. He has been returned from the rehab stint. He is set to receive a second opinion on the injury, with Thomson declining to speculate on whether surgery is a possibility. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 21.)

• Yunior Marte (right shoulder inflammation)
• Status: 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 1
• Marte “felt a little something” after his scoreless appearance against the San Diego Padres on April 28, Thomson said. After the feeling went away, it really “flared up” during his appearance against the Los Angeles Angels on April 30. He wasn’t available during the final game of the Angels series, and ultimately was placed on the injured list on May 3.
• Marte was at Citizens Bank Park on June 19, and will make a rehab appearance with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on June 20. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 19.)

• Michael Rucker (right hand arterial vasospasm)
• Status: 60-day injured list
• Rucker threw a bullpen session on May 14, and is set to throw another one on May 17.
• Rucker was transferred from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list on June 3.
• The plan is for Rucker to make a rehab appearance for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on June 21. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 19.)

• J.T. Realmuto (right knee surgery)
• Status: 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 10
• The Phillies announced on June 11 that Realmuto had been placed on the injured list with right knee pain. He underwent successful right knee meniscectomy surgery on June 12. At the time of his placement on the IL, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski estimated the team would be without Realmuto for “about a month” following the completion of his procedure.
• Realmuto is not with the Phillies in Baltimore, but Thomson said he’s walking normally and got on the stationary bike Friday. (Updated by Tim Kelly on June 14.)

• Dylan Covey (right shoulder strain)
• Status: 60-day injured list
• Covey is still dealing with his shoulder strain, and was backed off of throwing. As he was doing some conditioning work, he also slightly pulled a hamstring. He was in Philadelphia on May 8 seeing team doctors, but was expected to head back to Clearwater on May 10.
• Covey was transferred from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list on June 1. (Updated by Bailey Digh on June 4.)

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