NL East Notes: Robles, Bohm, Murphy

Nationals middle fielder Victor Robles has performed simply 4 video games this season as a result of a hamstring strain he suffered in early April, and supervisor Dave Martinez advised reporters (per MLB.com’s Injury Tracker) on Friday that he’s “working very well” in his rehab task, indicating he stays on observe for a return sooner or later this month.

Maybe extra notably, Martinez indicated that Robles isn’t more likely to take again the beginning job in middle discipline upon his return. 24-year-old teenager Jacob Young has made a robust impression as an everyday in Robles’s absence, with a .311/.354/.378 slash line in 81 journeys to the plate. That manufacturing is sweet for a 113 wRC+, and Younger has additionally gone 12-for-13 on the basepaths. That sort of offensive manufacturing can be laborious for the membership to half with, however its nonetheless shocking that the Nationals don’t plan to return Robles, a former consensus top-5 prospect within the sport who has patrolled the place for eight seasons, to his ordinary spot within the lineup.

With Younger seemingly taking up because the common middle fielder long run, Martinez famous that Robles will nonetheless play middle discipline occasionally however “may play some proper discipline as effectively.” The membership has relied on Eddie Rosario and Alex Call in proper discipline as of late, with the veteran Rosario struggling badly to an eye-popping -10 wRC+ thus far within the season that signifies he’s been 110% worse than league common on the plate. Name has impressed with 5 hits and three walks in 21 journeys to the plate this season, however that manufacturing has come throughout simply seven video games on the large league degree.

Extra from across the NL East…

• The Phillies suffered a significant harm scare final evening when third baseman Alec Bohm exited the membership’s win over the Giants with proper hip tightness. The transfer was labeled precautionary by supervisor Rob Thomson (as famous by Alex Coffey of the Philadelphia Inquirer) within the aftermath of yesterday’s sport and Bohm himself indicated to reporters (including Coffey) that he isn’t significantly involved in regards to the problem. That Bohm seemingly gained’t require a visit to the injured record is definitely a large aid for Phillies followers, because the membership misplaced Trea Turner to the shelf yesterday and he had been the membership’s second finest hitter behind Bohm this yr. MLBTR’s Darragh McDonald just lately took a have a look at Bohm’s scorching begin this season, throughout which he’s hit a whopping .364/.435/.579 in 138 journeys to the plate.
• Braves backstop Sean Murphy has been ramping up baseball actions as he rehabs an indirect harm that sidelined him in the course of the first sport of the season again in March. Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution stories that Murphy had already been ramping up his throwing from behind the plate and caught a couple of bullpen periods however has now progressed to swinging the bat, beginning with him hitting off a tee in the course of the membership’s street journey to Seattle final week. The return of Murphy would absolutely be a significant increase to Atlanta, because the 29-year-old has emerged as among the finest catchers within the sport in current seasons. That mentioned, veteran Travis d’Arnaud has finished exceptionally effectively in Murphy’s absence, slashing an unimaginable .269/.341/.564 with a whopping 5 residence runs in simply 88 journeys to the plate this season.