Wheeler shelved by blood clot; Nola steps into Philly rotation
Aug 17 2025
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia Phillies
NEWS: The Phillies placed Zack Wheeler on the 15-day IL with an upper extremity blood clot.
IMPACT: High
BHQ SPIN: At a minimum, Wheeler is out until early September, but so far Philadelphia has not announced a timeline for his return. That suggests an early September return may be optimistic. For now we have cut his playing time projection to 4%. The Phillies did not announce a corresponding move, but they had previously said that Aaron Nola would be activated for today’s game. As a result of the cut in Wheeler’s projection, we are giving small playing time bumps to the other current members of the Philadelphia rotation as well as to Nola.
–Hertz
Philadelphia Phillies
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