The Philadelphia Phillies still expect Zack Wheeler to return at some point during the final month of the season, but it won’t be as soon as they had hoped.
Before Friday’s series opener in San Francisco, interim manager Rob Thomson told the collective media — including Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer — that Wheeler underwent an MRI Thursday on the forearm/elbow area.
“There’s nothing, no structural [damage],” Thomson said. “It’s just a little bit of inflammation in [the elbow]. We’re just going to wait until that gets out of there and until he’s comfortable.