Bryson Stott injured his right elbow on his second-to-last swing of Monday's 5-2 Phillies win over the Marlins, but despite manager Rob Thomson telling reporters postgame that Stott may sit Tuesday, he was right back in the lineup.
It’s a good sign that he avoided anything serious.
Stott twisted himself onto a knee swinging hard at an 85 mph, low-and-in Cade Gibson slider and needed a few minutes, walking around in circles trying to shake the discomfort out of the arm. He was visited by Thomson and a trainer but stayed in the game, grounding out on the next pitch and playing the final half-inning in the field.
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SIGN UP HERE Thomson referred to it Monday night as a hyperextension but said Tuesday that it was more of a nerve irritation. Stott dealt with a nagging nerve injury in his right elbow throughout 2024. He suffered that injury last May, also in Miami, and felt it hindered his performance the rest of the season. Thomson said he didn’t think this issue was as bad as that one.
The 27-year-old is still playing elite defense at second base but is the Phillies' coldest hitter. Stott is at .236/.300/.329, numbers even lower than last year's disappointing .245/.315/.356. In 2023, his best season, he hit .280/.329/.419, and that is the range where Stott needs to be. His selectivity and ability to work a count are positives but he has a .313 career on-base percentage in 1,948 plate appearances, slightly below the league average of .315 over that four-year period.
Edmundo Sosa, too, has slumped over the last month. He was hitting .386 through May 20 but is 4-for-38 (.105) without an extra-base hit since.
The Phillies are hitting as a team, though, with 34 runs during a five-game winning streak. They also have their three lefties — Jesus Luzardo, Ranger Suarez and Cristopher Sanchez — going Tuesday through Thursday against a Marlins offense that has homered just once every 66 plate appearances vs. southpaws.