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Feliz to DL; Cervanek recalled

It's on the front page of Rotoworld:

Phillies placed infielder Pedro Feliz on the 15-day disabled list with lower back inflammation.

The stint is retroactive to July 24. Feliz has reportedly been bothered by the stiffness for a couple of weeks, which might help explain why he had just one hit in his last 21 at-bats. Eric Bruntlett and Greg Dobbs will see time at third until he returns.

I don't generally have much use for counterintuitive arguments like "you wouldn't want to play Greg Dobbs regularly because he's such a good pinch-hitter," but his splits are so pronounced--.426/.461/.638 in 47 pinch-hit at-bats, versus .253/.295/.337 in 83 AB as a starter (if my math is right, that is)--that I wouldn't be shocked if
Bruntlett gets the bulk of the starts in Feliz's absence.