Phillies 7th straight home win pushes them past Braves atop NL East originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Rob Thomson wasn’t wrong when he said that his starting pitchers have logged a lot of innings already this season. Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Ranger Suarez all went into Friday night ranked among the top 15 heaviest workloads in all of baseball.
The question is whether the Phillies manager’s traditional baseball prescription – extra rest – is producing unexpected side effects.
Wheeler got an extra day off before his start Wednesday in Anaheim, labored and had to leave the game after five innings.