MILWAUKEE -- The Phillies have adjusted their starting pitching rotation for this weekend's series against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citizens Bank Park.
Zack Wheeler will move back a day and pitch Saturday afternoon. Kyle Gibson will move up a day and pitch Friday night.
The change was made after Wheeler was placed on paternity leave Tuesday. His wife, Dominique, gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl, in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday.
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Wheeler did not accompany the club to Milwaukee. Manager Rob Thomson said the pitcher would throw a bullpen session in Philadelphia on Wednesday and be ready to go with a couple extra days of rest Saturday. Gibson will work on the customary four-day rest cycle Friday night.
TAKING A PEEK
The Phillies were one of about 18 clubs to have a scout watch free-agent reliever Trevor Rosenthal's showcase Tuesday in Florida. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski declined to say whether the Phils had real interest or were simply exercising due diligence.
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The Phils could be in the market for relief help as the summer unfolds. When healthy, the 32-year-old Rosenthal has been a top closer. He saved 45 and 48 games for St. Louis in 2014 and 2015 but has been plagued by injuries and control issues in recent seasons. He had Tommy John surgery in 2017 and missed last season after being diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome.
Tuesday's showcase was expected to be the only time Rosenthal would throw for teams.
KINGERY RETURNS
A year to the day after he was waived off the 40-man roster, Scott Kingery returned to the big leagues with the Phillies. Injuries to middle infielders Jean Segura, Nick Maton and Johan Camargo left the Phils in need of depth so Kingery was summoned from Triple A.
Kingery, who had shoulder surgery last summer, had played in just 16 games at Lehigh Valley and was hitting .185 (10 for 54) with 22 strikeouts. Infielder Yairo Munoz, who has big-league time with St. Louis, is also at Lehigh Valley, but Thomson said he was "banged up a little" after taking a foul ball off his foot.
"We need the (infield) coverage," Thomson said.
Maton is on the IL with a shoulder sprain. Camargo went on the IL Tuesday with a right knee strain. Segura is out three months with a broken finger. All three players went down within the last week. The Phils hope Camargo can be back shortly after the 10-day assignment is complete. The club is still gauging Maton's timetable.
Didi Gregorius started at shortstop Tuesday night and Bryson Stott was at second. That's the way it's probably going to be for a while.
While the bat has been slow coming around, Kingery's defense at second base has been good.
Kingery signed a six-year, $24 million contract with the Phils in the spring of 2018 and played regularly for the club in 2018 and 2019 before struggles at the plate and the shoulder injury threw his career off track. At 28, he's still young enough to get going again, but even he was surprised to get the call to Milwaukee on Tuesday.
"It came as a little bit of a shock to me but any time you get called up it's a good feeling," he said. "However long or short it is, I'll be ready to go and have fun."
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