{"id":190791,"date":"2025-10-05T03:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T03:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/190791\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T03:33:08","slug":"harrison-bader-to-undergo-imaging-for-groin-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/190791\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Bader To Undergo Imaging For Groin Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies pulled outfielder Harrison Bader<\/a> from Game 1 of the NLDS against the Dodgers tonight due to what was at first described by the team has hamstring tightness, but manager Rob Thomson later relayed to reporters (including Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic<\/a>) that the issue was actually groin tightness. Bader himself later spoke to reporters (including Tim Kelly of On Pattison<\/a>) and revealed that he would be undergoing imaging to determine the extent of his injury.<\/p>\n

While the situation might seem concerning, Bader is considered day-to-day for the time being and expressed confidence that he\u2019ll return to the Phillies\u2019 lineup during this series. He noted that he\u2019ll rest during tomorrow\u2019s day off and \u201cgo from there,\u201d\u00a0adding that playing in the postseason is the time where you \u201cempty the tank,\u201d\u00a0suggesting a willingness to try and play through an injury that might otherwise sit him down at another point in the season. That\u2019s surely encouraging for Phillies fans to hear given Bader\u2019s emergence as a key piece of the team in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Acquired from the Twins at the trade deadline back in July, Bader had already been enjoying a solid season with the Twins but kicked things up to another gear when he arrived in Philadephia. In 50 games with the Phillies, Bader has hit .305\/.361\/.463 with five home runs, eleven doubles, and a triple in 194 trips to the plate while serving as the team\u2019s regular center fielder. He\u2019s done his part defensively as well, with +1 Fielding Run Value in center this year despite playing the outfield corners exclusively in Minnesota. Bader has long been a well-regarded center fielder in the majors, but was pushed into a corner with the Twins due to the presence of a healthy Byron Buxton<\/a> in the club\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n

The addition of Bader at the deadline helped to stabilize the Phillies on both sides of the ball. Nick Castellanos<\/a> struggled badly this year, with below-average offensive numbers that paired with his typical lackluster glove in the outfield to make him a below replacement level player. Max Kepler<\/a> and Johan Rojas<\/a> had disappointing seasons of their own as well, leaving Bader to step up alongside Brandon Marsh<\/a> to help create some more production for the Phillies on both offensively and defensively. Few deadline additions have been more impactful for their club down the stretch, and it would be devastating for the club to go without Bader during a tough matchup against the Dodgers this week, especially after dropping game 1 of the series at home earlier this evening.<\/p>\n

If Bader were to miss Game 2 on Monday, an outfield featuring Marsh in center flanked by Kepler in left and Castellanos in right seems like the most likely outcome, though Weston Wilson<\/a> is also on the roster as a potential right-handed complement to Kepler. In a worst-case scenario where Bader needed to be pulled from the club\u2019s NLDS roster entirely, the Phillies would have the option to place him on the injured list and replace him on the roster. Doing so would mean that Bader would miss the entire NLCS, however, and only be eligible to return this year if the Phillies made it all the way to the World Series. Needless to say, that\u2019s a situation the Phillies will surely be hoping to avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies pulled outfielder Harrison Bader from Game 1 of the NLDS against the Dodgers tonight due to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,33137,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-190791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-harrison-bader","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}