PHILADELPHIA – Phillies outfielder Max Kepler made headlines last Thursday when he expressed frustration to The Athletic’s Matt Gelb about his lack of starts against left-handed pitching. Kepler sat for three consecutive games last week against the Mets and Astros.
“The biggest challenge for me is not playing routinely,” Kepler told Gelb. “That’s the biggest challenge.” Kepler also said he was “told I was going to be the starting left fielder.”
Kepler was asked the next day in Atlanta to follow up on his comments by Paul Casella of MLB.