Walker is in play to rejoin the rotation after the Phillies return home from their West Coast trip, which ends Aug. 11.
Walker will head to double-A Reading on Wednesday, where he’s scheduled to throw three innings. The following Tuesday, the Phillies are hoping to stretch him to five or six innings with triple-A Lehigh Valley.“He feels great,” Thomson said. “Says he feels like his body’s moving freely, arm’s moving freely. Better than he has all year. Probably better than he was most of the time last year, too. So it’s really a good sign. I’m really, really happy with his progress.
Thomson said Walker has been responding well to a program that involves throwing weighted balls to help with his fastball velocity. Depending on how he pitches in Lehigh Valley, Walker could be ready to return for the Phillies’ next homestand, starting on Aug. 13 with a series against the Marlins.The Phillies signed Penn righty Ryan Dromboski to an undrafted free-agent deal on Monday. Dromboski, a native of Columbus, N.J., was theand finished his Penn career with a 5.24 ERA across 139 innings.
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