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Painter No Longer Seen as Option for Philadelphia Phillies in 2023

Philadelphia Phillies top prospect Andrew Painter is no longer seen as an option to help the team during the 2023 MLB season.
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Painter No Longer Seen as Option for Philadelphia Phillies in 2023
Painter No Longer Seen as Option for Philadelphia Phillies in 2023

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The Philadelphia Phillies will not be utilizing top prospect Andrew Painter this season. 

Surprise, surprise.

After missing the entire season so far with a UCL injury, Painter is no longer an option to help the Major League club according to MLB Pipeline. 

This comes as little surprise and we here at Inside the Phillies already mentioned the miniscule, if not highly improbable fact that Painter would be an option after missing so much time.

At some point, the timeline just doesn't work.

Painter's unavailability is one of the reasons why Philadelphia will likely pursue some type of starting pitching at this season's MLB trade deadline. 

The Phillies were hoping Painter would fill the fifth starter role and begin to develop into an impact Major League baseball player. Instead, he has lost almost an entire year of development since being shelved during Spring Training. 

Philadelphia decided to not put Painter through surgery in hopes the timeline for recovery would be quicker and he could potentially help the team this season.

That is no longer the case as the Phillies will look externally for pitching help now. 

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Kade Kistner
KADE KISTNER

Kade Kistner is the publisher and beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Inside the Phillies. An alumnus of Tulane University, Kade graduated in 2017 with a degree in Latin American Studies and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduation, Kade commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fl. He served as a Naval Aviator and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fl.  During his time in school and the Navy, Kade began covering the MLB and NFL with USA Today, SB Nation, and Sports Illustrated.  Kade covered the New Orleans Saints, Texas Rangers, and numerous other teams within the Sports Illustrated network before launching Inside the Phillies, Inside the Astros, and Inside the Cubs. You can follow him on Twitter at @KadeKistner, or if you have any questions or comments he can be reached via email at kwkistner@gmail.com.

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