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Remember when Trea Turner went down to injury and we were left scrambling to think who would cover his time? There was a lot of Bryson Stott-Whit Merrifield talk bandied about, how Stott could move over to shortstop and Merrifield would finally get some extended playing time to get himself right. It was the easiest route to go, the one that made sense.
Guess who didn’t get the memo?
Edmundo Sosa: .389/.389/.944, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI
if Edmundo Sosa told me to end my life I would do it without question. pic.twitter.com/wHIBdLnlTv
— Absolutely Hammered (@ah_pod) May 26, 2024
How Edmundo Sosa's game-tying 3B and Garrett Stubbs' go-ahead 1B sounded on Rockies TV
— Nick Piccone (@_piccone) May 26, 2024
Listen to that crowd, BAH GAWD pic.twitter.com/8UxEGj7j3c
Edmundo Sosa is playing like a dude who needs to be in the lineup everyday and it’s an absolutely ridiculous revelation
— Philly Sports Sufferer (@mccrystal_alex) May 25, 2024
Likes he’s been ELITE man
Unreal pic.twitter.com/nTt5uG38Z6
Whenever Turner does return, Sosa will return to the bench, assuming his normal playing time that he did before. However, now the team can continue to slow play Turner’s rehab, knowing that the production is still there.
Honorable mention
Bryce Harper, week of 5/20-26: .300/.391/.800, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 ejection, 1 promposal
The best players are the ones that stay consistent all year long. Everyone is going to slump; that’s just the nature of baseball. The players that win awards are the ones that perform week after week after week. Harper has been so quietly good for the team this year because we’ve been so focused on how good Alec Bohm has been, how dominant (prior to Sunday) Ranger Suarez has been. Yet each night, there is Harper driving in runs, hitting for power, playing Gold Glove first base.
He’s an MVP.
J.T. Realmuto: .381/.409/.667, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Realmuto was in a bit of a funk there for a while, but all of a sudden, his OPS is close to .800 and his wRC+ is over 120. Similar to Harper, he’s done so pretty quietly, preferring to let others perform and steal some thunder. What’s nice is that he’s been among the league leaders in offense, perhaps stalling some of this “decline phase” talk.
Jose Ruiz: 3 G, 3 IP, 25.0 K%, 16.7 BB%, 0.00 ERA (3.13 FIP)
Have the Phillies done it again? Have they created another reliever capable of performing in high leverage situations right under our noses, similar to what they did with Jeff Hoffman and Matt Strahm? Because if Ruiz keeps pitching the way he has been lately, this bullpen suddenly gets much deeper and lessens the need to trade for another arm at the deadline.
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