Adolis Garcia hits 60-Day IL with a torn lat, Phillies outfield goes from bad to crisis

The imaging results are in and they’re worse than anyone hoped. Adolis Garcia has a right latissimus dorsi tear and the Phillies placed him on the 60-day injured list before Friday’s game against the Brewers in Milwaukee.

Phillies Roster Moves:

Prior to tonight’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Phillies announced the following roster moves:

Recalled outfielder Gabriel Rincones Jr. from triple-A Lehigh Valley and will wear No. 17

Placed outfielder Adolis García on the 60-day injured list with a right latissimus…

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A 60-day IL stint means Garcia is out until at least mid-August at the absolute earliest, and lat tears are the kind of injury that can linger well beyond the minimum timeline. The Phillies might not see Garcia again until September if they see him at all this season.

The man had three homers in five games. The 429-foot pimp job against the Padres. The bat flip with both arms extended. “That’s me. I pimp every homer.” Back-to-back dingers after going a month without going yard. He was finally, finally looking like the hitter the Phillies signed him to be and then he tore his lat muscle throwing a ball to home plate in Toronto and now he’s gone for at least two months.

The cruelest timing of any injury on this roster all season, and on a team that lost Aidan Miller for the entire year to a back procedure and Johan Rojas to a UCL tear before he played a single game, that’s saying something.

Phillies Outfield Depth Chart Is Now Held Together by Duct Tape and Prayer

Here’s what the Phillies are working with in the outfield right now. Brandon Marsh in left, Justin Crawford in center, and then a combination of Derek Hill, Gabriel Rincones Jr., and eventually Steward Berroa when he comes back from the paternity list in right field.

That’s the outfield on a team that is currently sitting in a Wild Card spot and trying to make a playoff push through the second half of the season.

Hill was acquired from the White Sox two days ago because the Phillies saw this coming and needed an emergency option. He’s hitting .213 on the season with a .659 OPS, though his .789 OPS against left-handed pitching is the one thing that gives him value on this particular roster.

Phillies traded for Derek Hill from the White Sox because the outfield depth is so bad they had no other choice >>

Rincones was recalled from Lehigh Valley on Friday and has played just 12 games in Triple-A this year while working his way back from knee injuries that limited him before spring training, slashing .239/.345/.283 with a .645 OPS in those 12 games. Last year at Triple-A he was a legitimate prospect putting up .240/.370/.430 with 22 doubles, 18 homers, 73 RBI, and 21 stolen bases across 119 games, but the knee issues have clearly set him back and the Phillies are calling him up out of necessity rather than readiness.

Berroa is on the paternity list, which is temporary, but even when he comes back he’s a guy hitting around .200 who was claimed off waivers a month ago as organizational depth. The right field position went from Adolis Garcia with a hot bat to a rotating cast of Triple-A call-ups and a White Sox castoff in the span of 48 hours.

The 60-Day IL Changes Everything About the Trade Deadline

When Garcia was day-to-day with a shoulder issue, the trade deadline conversation was about upgrading the right-handed hitting and maybe finding an outfielder who could help against left-handed pitching. That was a “nice to have” situation where the Phillies could be patient, evaluate the market, and make a move if the right deal presented itself.

Garcia on the 60-day IL turns that conversation into a five-alarm fire. The Phillies don’t just need a right-handed bat anymore. They need an everyday outfielder who can play right field and produce at a level that doesn’t crater the lineup for the next two months. The depth that was already the worst in baseball just got significantly worse and Dombrowski has no choice but to address it aggressively before the August deadline.

The Phillies cannot go into the second half of the season and a potential playoff run with Derek Hill and Gabriel Rincones Jr. as their primary right field options. That’s not a roster built to compete for a championship. That’s a roster hoping nobody else gets hurt while praying that a .213 hitter and a guy with 12 Triple-A games can hold things together long enough for the front office to find a real solution.

Rojas is done for the year with the UCL tear. Garcia is done until at least mid-August with the torn lat. Miller is out until August at the earliest with the back procedure. Three players who were supposed to be part of the Phillies’ plans this season, all on the shelf at the same time, leaving the outfield and right-handed hitting in the worst possible shape heading into the most important stretch of the year.

Dombrowski Has to Move.

The Phillies need an outfielder and they need one before the roster holes start costing them games that they can’t afford to lose in a tight Wild Card race. Every game that Hill and Rincones start in right field is a game where the Phillies are playing with a significant competitive disadvantage in a position that was already a weakness before Garcia went down.

The pitching is elite. Sanchez and Wheeler are Cy Young candidates. Luzardo has been dominant on the road. The bullpen has been reliable. Mattingly has the team playing at a level that has produced the best 40-game stretch in franchise history for a new manager. All of that gets undermined if the outfield collapses because the front office didn’t act quickly enough to replace a player on the 60-day IL.

The Phillies have the financial flexibility with Garcia’s salary coming off the active roster. They have the motivation with a Wild Card spot in hand and a rotation that can carry them deep into October if the lineup has enough pieces around it. Dombrowski knows all of this better than anyone and the Garcia injury just made the timeline for action significantly more urgent.

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