Realmuto on eye roll: 'It was terrible timing'
PHILADELPHIA -- J.T. Realmuto¡¯s phone buzzed with people sending him the clip of his ill-timed eye roll following a shot of Jared Hughes chugging to the mound on Friday night in a blowout loss to the Mets.
It looked as though Realmuto rolled his eyes at Hughes during a pitching change in the eighth inning. It was not that.
¡°It was very bad timing,¡± Realmuto said before Saturday afternoon¡¯s game against the Mets. ¡°Nothing was really going on. I was mad that we had just given up the lead, and [Amed] Rosario¡¯s soft, two-run single. Like, that¡¯s what I was frustrated about.¡±
Realmuto chuckled. He found the whole thing amusing. It was.
¡°It had nothing to do with Jared running into the game,¡± he said, smiling. ¡°I had to explain it to him as well. He knew. He was just laughing it off. It was terrible timing. I¡¯ve seen some people online saying that I was mad at something that [manager] Gabe [Kapler] had just said. That was also not the case. It was 100 percent to do with the fact that we just gave up the lead.¡±
Realmuto said that if the camera had not cut from Hughes to him and back to Hughes, it would not have been a big deal. They would have just thought he was mad.
¡°I even look out in that direction, but it was not that,¡± Realmuto said, laughing again. ¡°I promise. When I saw that video, I was like, ¡®Oh, God, that was the worst timing.¡¯ It couldn¡¯t have been any worse. I had so many friends send me the video clip, like, dying laughing. I¡¯m like, ¡®It¡¯s funny, but I don¡¯t want him to think it had anything to do with him.¡¯¡±
Realmuto made it a point to find Hughes on Saturday and let him know things weren't how they seemed.
¡°He goes, 'It¡¯s funny, because I have had catchers get mad at me for running in like that,'¡± Realmuto said. ¡°I¡¯m like, ¡®Trust me, I don¡¯t care how you run on the mound.¡¯¡±
Realmuto laughed again.
¡°It doesn¡¯t bother me at all,¡± he said. ¡°I think it¡¯s hilarious actually that he does that.¡±
Setback for Dominguez
The Phillies had expressed hope that right-hander Seranthony Domínguez might pitch again this season, despite a UCL injury that has had him on the injured list since early June. But Dominguez experienced some soreness during his last throwing session, and he will have a followup appointment next week with Phillies physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti.
There is no timetable for Dominguez's return, but it sounds unlikely he will pitch again this season.
Injury updates
? Left-hander Adam Morgan (strained left flexor) is also unlikely to pitch again this season.
? Right-hander Pat Neshek (strained left hamstring) will miss the rest of the season. He is evaluating surgical and non-surgical options.
? Right-hander Jake Arrieta had surgery on Thursday to remove a bone spur in his right elbow.