Overview
- The Phillies announced on Monday that Luis Arraez will not be on their NL Wild Card Series roster after he sprained his left ankle on Sept. 24.
- Arraez left the Sept. 24 game in Milwaukee in visible pain and did not play again during the final week of the regular season.
- Infielder Otto Kemp was named to take Arraez’s roster spot and will serve as a right-handed bench option for Tuesday’s opener at Truist Park.
- The club’s decision narrows Philadelphia’s contact-hitting options and forces short-term lineup and depth adjustments for the best-of-three series.
- Arraez was a trade-deadline pickup who finished the regular season hitting .310, and his absence removes a proven table-setter from the Phillies’ postseason plans while leaving open the chance he could return later if the club advances.