For the immediate future, the Phillies will be operating on a bit of a tilt.
Tommy Hunter, one part of Matt Klentak’s suite of offseason acquisitions, was activated from the disabled list Sunday morning. To make room, sidewinding lefty Hoby Milner was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, leaving the Phillies still with eight relievers...but now only one lefty. Period. On the entire staff.
The Phils haven’t had a lefty start a game in some time - that much has been known and covered - but having just one lefty on a 13-man pitching staff is a bold (ahem) bit of intentional imbalance.