Jose Alvarado, an integral piece of the Phillies' pitching puzzle, was placed on the injured list Wednesday with elbow inflammation.
Thomson admitted there's concern.
Alvarado has not been overworked this season. He's appeared in 14 of the Phillies' 36 games, a full-season pace of 63 games, a mark he's hit three times in his career. He's been used in back-to-back games only once. Alvarado had been basically splitting setup and closer duties with Craig Kimbrel. If the eighth inning of a close game presented difficult left-handed matchups, it would go to Alvarado. If there were tough righties, it would be Kimbrel, with the other pitcher following in the ninth.
With Alvarado out, lefty Gregory Soto will slot into that role alongside Kimbrel. Soto has appeared in a league-leading 18 games but five of them have been less than an inning. Soto and Seranthony Dominguez had the same lefty-righty thing going as Alvarado and Kimbrel, just in the sixth and seventh innings.
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