Phils say Castellanos benched due to comment

Outfielder Nick Castellanos is being withheld from the Philadelphia Phillies' lineup Tuesday against the Miami Marlins for making an "inappropriate comment" connected Monday, manager Rob Thomson told reporters.

"One of the galore things astir Nick that I emotion is that he's precise emotional," Thomson said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "He loves to play, and helium loves to play each inning of each game. I conscionable thought past nighttime helium made an inappropriate remark aft helium came out, and truthful today, he's not going to play. And I'm going to permission it astatine that."

Castellanos' consecutive games streak volition extremity astatine 236. The past crippled helium missed for the Phillies was connected Sept. 30, 2023.

Thomson said Castellanos made the remark aft helium was removed from Monday night's crippled successful the eighth inning for antiaircraft purposes. He was replaced successful the crippled by Johan Rojas, who played halfway tract portion Max Kepler shifted from halfway to instrumentality implicit for Castellanos successful close field.

Kepler besides is playing close tract successful Tuesday night's game.

"I wasn't blessed astir it, spoke my mind," Castellanos said Tuesday, according to the Inquirer. "He said that I crossed a line. So, my punishment is I'm not playing."

Castellanos, successful his 4th play with the Phillies aft signing a five-year, $100 cardinal declaration successful 2022, is hitting .278 with 7 location runs and 36 RBIs this season.