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- Updated: September 10, 2016
WASHINGTON — Phillies manager Pete Mackanin has a few more players to squeeze into games before the end of the season.
The club announced Saturday it had recalled outfielder Cody Asche and right-handers Luis Garcia and Phil Klein from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. They also selected the contract of left-hander Joely Rodriguez and designated infielder Taylor Featherston for assignment.
The Phillies could see Double-A Reading catcher Jorge Alfaro and outfielder Roman Quinn join the club before the end of the season, too.
“At this point it’s flip a coin,” Mackanin said of finding playing time for everybody. “I don’t want to sound down about it, but we’ve got so many guys, and who do I play? I don’t know. It’s a guessing game.
“But when it comes to something like that, I’m going to play the best defense. Peter Bourjos is hard to take out of the lineup because he provides that defense.”
It should be a little easier to see Rodriguez, whom the Phillies acquired from the Pirates in a December 2014 trade for Antonio Bastardo. The left-hander went a combined 7-0 with a 2.35 ERA in a combined 53 appearances with Class A Clearwater, Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley.
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