Less than a month after he started for the National League in the All-Star Game, a struggling Trea Turner is out of the lineup for the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday.
Nick Castellanos — who is hitting .297 with an .882 OPS in August — will hit second with Turner out of the lineup.
Turner is still hitting .297 with an .805 OPS on the season, so his overall offensive numbers have been strong. But he’s hitting just .168 with 20 strikeouts in the second half of the season. He also has struggled defensively for the second year in a row, with 13 errors and -9 defensive runs saved at shortstop.
