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WASHINGTON – Zack Wheeler, the Philadelphia Phillies’ ace and the National League Cy Young Award runner-up last year, was placed on the 15-day injured list Aug. 16 with a blood clot near his right shoulder, general manager Dave Dombrowski said.
Wheeler, 35, pitched five effective innings Aug. 15 against the Washington Nationals, his second start since an outing at the Texas Rangers was pushed back two days due to shoulder soreness. Wheeler has returned to Philadelphia and is undergoing additional testing.
The club was already set to activate veteran right-hander Aaron Nola for the Aug. 17 start against the Nationals, his first outing since May after battling a pair of injuries. But the Wheeler injury shocked the Phillies clubhouse, as his velocity was up in his start the night before, but Dombrowski said he complained of discomfort after his outing.
Wheeler returned to Philadelphia and no timetable for his return was established, according to Phillies head athletic trainer Paul Buchheit.
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Wheeler was having another outstanding season, with a 10-5 record, 2.71 ERA and a major league-leading 195 strikeouts. He was sailing toward another 200-inning season after hitting that mark exactly last season, but is now stalled at 149⅔ innings for the foreseeable future.
Wheeler started 32 games in three of four full seasons with Philadelphia, a remarkable run of durability interrupted only by a 26-start campaign in 2022 due to right forearm tendinitis.