Turner, who is out with a hamstring injury, can decline a trip to the minors as a tenured veteran. But it remains unclear when he will be ready to play.
Injured Phillies shortstop Trea Turner meets with former Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins before the London Series game against the Mets in London on Saturday.
Turner has been sidelined since May 3 with a strained left hamstring. In addition to fielding grounders and taking batting practice the last two days in London, he ran on a soccer field adjacent to London Stadium because the Phillies wanted him on grass rather than turf. Turner wouldn’t be the first Phillies player to return from injury without going to the minors first. Despite missing all of spring training last year while coming back from Tommy John elbow surgery,An average of 18 runs were scored in the previous four MLB games in London, including 30 in the inaugural 2019 game between the Yankees and Red Sox.“I’ll throw a lot of splitters and try to get a lot of ground balls,” Walker said. “The ball does fly here. I was walking around a little bit.
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