{"id":76439,"date":"2024-06-11T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=76439"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:45:29","slug":"jt-realmuto-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/11\/jt-realmuto-knee-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Suffer Big Blow as Three-Time All-Star Will Have Right Knee Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/realmjt01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.T. Realmuto<\/a> on the 10-day injured list with right knee pain. Catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rafael March<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00e1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">n<\/a> will be coming up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, filling Realmuto&#8217;s spot on the 26-man roster. Realmuto, 33, will have right knee surgery on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The three-time All-Star is hitting .261\/.309\/.411 with a .720 OPS for the Phillies this season. His seven home runs are tied for the most among all National League catchers and ranks third in runs scored with 28.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Phillies placed J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day IL (retro to 6\/10) with right knee pain. To fill his spot on the 26-man roster, Rafael March\u00e1n was recalled from Lehigh Valley (AAA).<\/p>\n<p>Realmuto is scheduled to undergo right knee meniscectomy surgery tomorrow in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phillies\/status\/1800581478902034915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>J.T. Realmuto Needs Surgery, Lands on IL<\/h2>\n<p>The Phillies did not offer an immediate timetable for his return, but meniscus surgery has a month or two of recovery, especially for a catcher. Realmuto was removed from Sunday&#8217;s game against the New York Mets in the ninth inning for a pitch runner. He was hitting .135 since May 25 and wasn&#8217;t diving for the ball much due to the knee injury. It is a huge blow to a Phillies team that expected to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/turnetr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trea Turner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marshbr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Marsh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/10\/phillies-new-outfield-turner-return\/\" target=\"_self\">back from injuries<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Realmuto is a key factor in how the Phillies have succeeded on the mound. Defensively, Realmuto&#8217;s 2.84 catcher&#8217;s ERA is first among all NL catchers. Earlier this season, he posted a career-best 17-game hitting streak, the longest for a Phillie who played catcher since 1900.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the backbone of our team,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/casteni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Castellanos<\/a> said last week.<\/p>\n<h3>How Will the Phillies Handle Catching Duties?<\/h3>\n<p>The Phillies will likely split catching duties between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stubbga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrett Stubbs<\/a> and March\u00e1n with Stubs figuring to be the team&#8217;s primary catcher moving forward. March\u00e1n began the season on the 10-day IL due to lower back pain but is known as a strong defender. After his return from injury, March\u00e1n went to Lehigh Valley on May 27. In 13 games between Single-A and Triple-A, he slashed .233\/.382\/.395 with two home runs, eight RBI and four runs scored. His one major league stint was with the Phillies this season. March\u00e1n was the 27th player for the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/07\/2024-london-series-june-8th\/\" target=\"_self\"> London Series<\/a> but did not appear in any games.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies have placed J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day injured list with right knee pain. Catcher Rafael March\u00e1n will be coming up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, filling Realmuto&#8217;s spot on the 26-man roster. Realmuto, 33, will have right knee surgery on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The three-time All-Star is hitting .261\/.309\/.411 with a .720 OPS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":76450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1071,35,23],"tags":[28342,28358,2268,1094,28359,300],"class_list":["post-76439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-mlb","category-news","category-phillies","tag-brandon-marsh","tag-garrett-stubbs","tag-jt-realmuto","tag-nick-castellanos","tag-rafael-marchan","tag-trea-turner"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}