After throwing a simulated bullpen session on Friday, manager Rob Thomson was pleased with how Walker has continue to recover from shoulder soreness
Phillies starting pitcher Taijuan Walker has been recovering from shoulder soreness and is scheduled to rejoin the Phillies ahead of their series of the Padres.Taijuan Walker will make at least one more rehab start with triple-A Lehigh Valley before rejoining the rotation, Rob Thomson announced on Friday. Walker has been recovering from right shoulder soreness and has already made two rehab starts. He will pitch in Scranton, Pa. on Sunday.
“You just have to learn how to pitch,” he said. “There’s been so many great pitchers who have lost their velocity but then they learn how to pitch, they add a new pitch, you know. So now it’s about locating and keeping them off balance and mixing pitches.”“I’ve talked to C.C. , he threw a lot of cutters,” Walker said. “I think that was his next pitch when he lost his velocity. Really just mixing pitches, you know, you see guys throwing 100-102 and they get shelled.
Thomson declined to specify what the Phillies plans with Turnbull would be, but he did say that the team would like him to stay loose and believe he could get regular work pitching out the bullpens. It wouldn’t be five innings of work, but he could have a long-man role, which was what the Phillies originally intended for him.
Another option is for Turnbull to piggyback with someone, or for the Phillies to move to a six-man rotation, but it is unlikely they’ll go to a six-man anytime soon. Walker said he understands how well the rotation has been pitching of late — they’ve combined for a National League-best 2.54 ERA this season — and wants to contribute to that.
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