The Phillies lost the entire left side of their infield Monday when both Trea Turner and Alec Bohm went on the IL with injuries. After Turner exited Sunday’s game in Miami with what was termed a hamstring strain his addition to the IL was not surprising, although best case scenario was that he would just miss a few days and avoid the IL. For Bohm, what had been a nagging issue that he was trying to play through became bad enough that he too had to go on the IL.

For Bohm, the trip to the IL is the second one this season as he missed time in July with a fractured rib. At that time, he tried to play through the injury, but the pain became too intense for him to continue. Manager Rob Thomson told the media that Bohm had been bothered by a sore shoulder for approximately 10 days, but was capable of continuing to play. On Monday the Phillies decided to shut him down to give the injury time to heal and take away the risk of worsening the injury. The Phillies are hopeful that Bohm will only miss about 10 days and can return when his IL stint is completed.

Turner felt “grabbing” in his hamstring while running out a ground ball against the Marlins on Sunday. After crossing first base he promptly left the field, going to the Phillies third base dugout where he was met by a trainer. The fact that Turner walked off the field under his own power and was not limping considerably was considered a good sign, but the Phillies were prepared for bad news when the veteran shortstop underwent an MRI Monday in Philadelphia.

“It was better than what we expected,” said Thomson of Turner’s diagnosis of a grade-one strain. Even with that news, the Phillies believe their shortstop may not return until October, but they remain hopeful that it may be before the end of his month. Turner had a similar injury in May of 2024 and he missed six weeks.

To fill the roster spots the Phillies recalled Otto Kemp, who made his MLB debut with the team earlier this season when Bryce Harper went on the IL. Kemp started strong, but hit a slide and was not making enough contact to stick with the team and he was optioned back to Lehigh Valley on August 17th, ironically when Bohm was activated off of the IL from his earlier injury.

Kemp hit four home runs and drove in 17 runs while hitting .227 with the Phillies in his first major league stint, but he struck out 49 times in 145 at-bats.

To fill the other roster spot, the Phillies selected infielder Donovan Walton, who has played in the majors with Seattle and San Francisco, and was purchased from the New York Mets earlier this season while Walton was with Triple-A Syracuse. In 70 MLB games, Walton has hit 4-22-.174/.240/.273 and has played primarily at second and short, but has also played some third base and left field. With Lehigh Valley, the 31-year-old was batting 2-27-.339/.413/.424 in 50 games after hitting just .222 in 73 games at Syracuse.

The Phillies needed to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Walton and did so by moving pitcher Daniel Robert (forearm stiffness) from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL.