Phillies place Odubel Herrera on 10-day IL with ankle tendinitis

The Phillies have placed Odubel Herrera on the 10-day injured list with left ankle tendinitis, Philadelphia announced. They have selected the contract of right-hander J.D. Hammer from Triple-A to take his roster spot. Herrera’s IL placement is retroactive to Friday, July 9. Herrera has somewhat surprisingly emerged as the Phillies’ everyday centerfielder, slashing .241/.292/.390 in 139 plate appearances. Although that amounts to just an 85 wRC+, Herrera’s glovework has earned solid marks, making him an overall positive contributor in center to the tune of 1.4 rWAR/0.7 fWAR.

Hammer, 26, has posted as solid 1.74 ERA in 20 2/3 innings for the Triple-A IronPigs of Lehigh Valley. He has not appeared in the majors since 2019, when he logged 19 innings of 3.79 ERA baseball, but his peripheral numbers from that stretch suggest the baseball bounced his way more often than not. 

In other roster moves…

• The Red Sox will place Matt Andriese on the 10-day injured list with right hamstring tendinitis, and it appears Austin Brice is in-house at Fenway to claim his roster spot, per Alex Speier of the Boston Globe. Andriese has a 6.03 ERA as a long man this year, logging 37 1/3 innings in 26 appearances. The injury does not appear serious, but the Red Sox are taking the opportunity to make sure he’s at full strength for the second half. Brice, 29, has a 6.94 ERA in 12 appearances for the Red Sox this year.
• The Pirates, meanwhile, have recalled Max Kranick to be the 27th man for Saturday’s doubleheader against the Mets, the team announced. He will start the second game of the twin bill. The Scranton native will put his perfect record on the line. Kranick threw five perfect innings in his major league debut against the Cardinals on June 27. Kranick needed just 50 pitches to retire all 15 batters he faces, striking out three and getting the win.