PHILADELPHIA — Rob Thomson is now calling the current outfield plan a “rotation.”
With the right-hander Luis Castillo on the mound for Seattle on Wednesday, Thomson penciled in Brandon Marsh in left, Harrison Bader in center and Max Kepler in right field. Nick Castellanos, who went 0-for-4 in Tuesday night’s 6-4 win over the Mariners, is out of the lineup for the third time in 11 days.
The Phillies have essentially five guys for three spots. Weston Wilson starts in left field against left-handed pitching, with Marsh starting against righties in both left and center field, Bader and Castellanos seeing both left-handed and right-handed starting pitchers and Kepler getting the occasional start in both left and right field against righties.