Schwimer called up
The Phillies placed Joe Blanton on the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for righthander Michael Schwimer.
Schwimer called up
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The Phillies placed Joe Blanton on the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for righthander Michael Schwimer, who takes Placido Polanco's spot on the roster.
Polanco (sports hernia) was placed on the 15-day disabled list following Tuesday's game. The move is retroactive to Aug. 7, meaning Polanco can be activated Monday.
For now, the Phillies return to 12 pitchers. Schwimer, 25, is 9-1 with 10 saves and a 1.88 ERA in 46 appearances for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He had 86 strikeouts in 67 innings, an average of 11.55 strikeouts per 9.0 innings, and held opponents to a .202 batting average. Schwimer was picked for the International League All-Star team this summer.
Blanton has been out most of the season with elbow problems. He has resumed long tossing and general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said he hopes the righthander can return sometime in September.
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The Schwimer era is finally under way.— PresidentSpock- Schwing!— djacobs5582
- Interested to see what Schwimer can do, but I don''t know what they will do for long relief if they need it. With KK now in the rotation, and Worley looking like a rookie his last start, the bullpen may now need to supply some innings other than the 8th and 9th.— blaqjaq
- Looking forward to seeing the Schwimlocity in action in the bigs! Congrats Schwim, this was a long time coming.— robm0202
- Interesting move, adding a high strikeout option to the bullpen is a big plus. Don't see walks/9 here, if he can throw strikes sounds like a good addition, better than say Carpenter.— Phils Phan 28
- KK will just make a couple more starts this season including this saturday and one of the DH games in sept.— palmyra21
- This kid is a K MACHINE. Going to be a great one. About time they called him up and by the way i wouldnt mind never ever seeing Joe Blanton on the mound for the phillies again— PhillyPhreezer
- blaqjaq, Herndon will be the long man if needed, not a new role for him.— Phils Phan 28
- Excited to see this kid get a shot. Big strikeout pitcher out of the bullpen will be a great addition.— Mt. Airy Phils Phan
- another character,loosey goosey, to join Stutes and Worley...They'll probably hang out together and make fun of Cholly.— bearsfriend
- Congrats Schwimm.... Phear the Phro!— bvdrangs
- Didn't realize Schwimer had heterochromia.— SweetsErik
- Check out the big brain on Sweets! — jeffrey215
- This frees up KK to start if Hamels will miss more than one start.— eman
- That (heterochromia) was the first thing I noticed!— Crawfish1
