Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Getting day off Wednesday
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Castellanos is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.
Castellanos will head to the bnech for the third time in 11 games. He had been out of the lineup just twice this season prior to that, once due to disciplinary reasons and once due to a minor injury. The Phillies will go with Brandon Marsh, Harrison Bader and Max Kepler in the outfield Wednesday.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Swats 16th homer
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored during Sunday's 11-9 win over the Nationals.
Castellanos got the day off Saturday to clear his head amid a 1-for-33 (.030) stretch at the plate, and the additional rest proved fruitful. The right fielder logged multiple extra-base hits for the first time since June 22, including a solo homer off of Shinnosuke Ogasawara. Castellanos is slashing .253/.291/.413 on the year.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Idle Saturday
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Castellanos isn't part of the starting nine for Saturday's game against the Nationals.
Castellanos will get the afternoon off after making six consecutive starts in right field. Brandon Marsh, Harrison Bader and Max Kepler will fill the outfield Saturday from left to right.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Getting Saturday off
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Castellanos isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rangers.
Castellanos will receive a rare day off Saturday after going 6-for-27 with a homer, two RBI and seven runs scored through the first seven games of August. While he sits, Brandon Marsh, Harrison Bader and Max Kepler will make up the Phillies' outfield trio.
Castellanos (knee) is starting in right field and batting cleanup Sunday against the Yankees.
The outfielder sat out of Saturday's contest after jamming his knee against the outfield wall Friday, but he's ready to rejoin the lineup after missing just one game. In seven games since the All-Star break, Castellanos is batting .241 (7-for-29) with a double, a homer, a stolen base, five RBI and four runs.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Nursing knee injury
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Manager Rob Thomson said Saturday that Castellanos jammed his left knee against the outfield wall Friday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
The Phillies' skipper noted that Castellanos is considered day-to-day, so although the outfielder will sit out Saturday's contest, his injury doesn't seem to be too severe. Johan Rojas will enter the lineup while Castellanos recovers.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Taking Saturday off
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Castellanos isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game versus the Yankees.
Castellanos will get a breather Saturday after logging five hits over his last four games. While he sits, Brandon Marsh, Johan Rojas and Max Kepler will patrol the outfield.
Castellanos went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Padres.
Castellanos opened the scoring with a second-inning homer, though the Padres answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame. The veteran outfielder is up to 12 homers on the year, four of which he's hit over his last 13 games. For the season, he's added a .276/.317/.445 slash line, 51 RBI, 42 runs scored, 22 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases across 93 games.
Castellanos went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Friday's 9-6 loss to the Reds.
Castellanos put the Phillies up 3-0 early with a two-run homer in the first inning and later added an RBI on a forceout in the third. Over his past 10 games, the 33-year-old has hit safely seven times with three home runs, eight RBI and three runs scored. For the season, he's slashing .278/.321/.450 with 11 long balls, 49 RBI, 39 runs and two steals across 358 plate appearances.
Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Monday's 4-0 victory over the Padres.
The Philadelphia outfielder extended his team's lead to 4-0 when he hit a 372-foot solo shot off San Diego starter Matt Waldron in the fifth. This marks Castellanos' 12th consecutive season with double-digit homers, with the only season he didn't reach the plateau being his 11-game cup of coffee in 2013. Through 345 total plate appearances, the 33-year-old is slashing .282/.325/.451 with 45 RBI and 38 runs scored across 84 games.
Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Slugs ninth homer in lopsided win
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Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run and a walk in Friday's 13-0 win over Atlanta.
It was the ninth homer of the year for Castellanos, who continued his steady campaign at the plate. The veteran slugger is now slashing .282/.324/.445 with 21 doubles, 44 RBI, 37 runs scored and two stolen bases across 333 plate appearances. Castellanos has played all but one of Philadelphia's first 82 games of the year, and his RBI upside will remain strong in the heart of the batting order.
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