{"id":82601,"date":"2024-08-09T19:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82601"},"modified":"2024-08-09T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T23:30:07","slug":"phillies-make-40-man-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/09\/phillies-make-40-man-roster-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Place New Outfielder on IL, Make Other Roster Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies made a series of roster moves this week that change how the 40-man roster looks. After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/07\/austin-hays-solidifies-outfield-role\/\" target=\"_self\">solidifying his role<\/a> as the starting left fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haysau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Hays<\/a> is now on the 10-day injured list. Hays <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\/phillies-news\/austin-hays-injury-phillies-outfield\/606316\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left the Phillies game<\/a> on Wednesday with a left hamstring strain that now has him on the injured list. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/steveca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cal Stevenson<\/a> has been added to the 40-man roster and called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. To clear space for Stevenson on the 40-man roster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hallda02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darick Hall<\/a> has been designated for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these moves, the Phillies reshuffled their pitching staff. This comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walketa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taijuan Walker<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suarera01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ranger Su\u00e1rez<\/a><span class=\"player-header--vitals-name\"> are expected to return soon. The Phillies have optioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allarko01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolby Allard<\/a> to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Joining the 40-man roster and being called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=lazar-000max&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Lazar<\/a>. To make room for Lazar on the 40-man roster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/castima03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Castillo<\/a> has been designated for assignment. The first appearance Lazar makes for the Phillies will be his major league debut. He was scheduled to be a minor league free agent this offseason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Phillies announced the following roster moves:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haysau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Hays<\/a> was placed on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to 8\/8) with a left hamstring strain<br \/>\n&#8211; Outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/steveca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cal Stevenson<\/a> had his contract selected from triple-A Lehigh Valley<br \/>\n&#8211; Left-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allarko01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolby Allard<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phillies\/status\/1822011622757675331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Phillies Make Several 40-Man Roster Moves<\/h2>\n<p>Stevenson now gets another chance in the big leagues. In 29 major league games, he has a .145\/.259\/.188 line with no home runs and one RBI. However, this season in 91 minor league games, Stevenson has a .307\/.420\/.488 line with seven home runs and 39 RBI. He was named International League Player of the Month for July. In July, Stevenson had a 1.105 OPS and hit three home runs while driving in nine runs. All of his career starts in the majors have come in center field.<\/p>\n<p>Lazar being promoted indicates a future corresponding move. Whenever Walker or <span class=\"player-header--vitals-name\">Su\u00e1rez returns, whichever comes first, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=marteyu01,marte-001yun&amp;search=Yunior+Marte&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yunior Marte<\/a> will be optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley in all likelihood. In addition, this sets up the Phillies going to a six-man rotation. Lazar does not have a start in the minor leagues this season. In 34 minor league appearances, he has a 2-3 record with a 1.79 ERA and 53 strikeouts. Lazar also has 13 saves in the minor leagues this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Phillies made a series of roster moves this week that change how the 40-man roster looks. After solidifying his role as the starting left fielder Austin Hays is now on the 10-day injured list. Hays left the Phillies game on Wednesday with a left hamstring strain that now has him on the injured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4566,"featured_media":82628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[23,1071,35],"tags":[3368,2975,303,5874,3009,701],"class_list":["post-82601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phillies","category-mlb","category-news","tag-austin-hays","tag-cal-stevenson","tag-kolby-allard","tag-max-castillo","tag-ranger-suarez","tag-taijuan-walker"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82601","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\/4566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}