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Phillies righthander Kris Benson won't pitch tomorrow in a minor-league game as scheduled because he feels soreness in his right arm.
Benson said it's nothing serious.
The Phillies said the same, but pitching coach Rich Dubee said he's not sure when Benson will throw next.
"It's just some soreness from the previous start (Thursday), so we're going to take it easy over the next few days," said Benson, who missed last season recovering from right rotator cuff surgery. "I've been going every day for a month now. I haven't even taken off a day. The off day (March 11) I was here long tossing, so, yeah, it's not the first time I've been through this rehab process where I've had to take a little step away from things and let it chill and kind of let it strengthen back up again. And then once you strengthen back up to this stage, it gets you through the next stage. So actually every time I’ve taken a little break it’s definitely helped me more."
Asked his level of concern on a 1 to 10 scale, Benson said it's a 1.
"It's just really something that's more of a precautionary thing as far as, I'm not going to go from the first day of camp to the last day of the season without taking a little break here and there," he said.
Bob Brookover and Matt Gelb team up for their third straight season covering the Phillies for the Inquirer and philly.com.
This is Brookover’s second stint writing about the Phillies, having joined the coverage team after seven years as an Eagles beat writer. Brookover was hired by The Inquirer in 2000 as the Phillies beat writer after spending 13 years writing about the team for two suburban newspapers. While on the Eagles beat, Brookover, who had covered just two winning Phillies teams in 15 seasons, saw the Phillies move into a cash-cow new ballpark and begin playing a brand of the game he found unrecognizable. Follow him on Twitter here.
Gelb is in his third season covering the Phillies. He was hired by The Inquirer in August 2009 after graduating from Syracuse University. He has also covered baseball at The Star-Ledger and Cape Cod Times. Born and raised in Bucks County, he attended Central Bucks High School West. Follow him on Twitter here.
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