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One of the reasons Jayson Werth's name has been so prominent in trade chatter the last few weeks is that the Phillies seemed ready to give top outfield prospect Domonic Brown his shot in the majors. Brown finally got it Wednesday when the Phillies called him up after placing Shane Victorino on the disabled list with an injury that all but ensures Werth won't be going anywhere.
Brown, 22, has torn up pitching at the Double-A and Triple-A levels this season, hitting a combined .327 with 20 homers and 68 RBI in 93 games between Reading and Lehigh Valley. He'll be in uniform Wednesday night against the Diamondbacks, wearing No. 9.
Victorino suffered an abdominal strain in his left side diving back to first base to evade a pick-off attempt during Tuesday night's game against Arizona.
If Brown can make the adjustment to major league pitching and keep raking like he has in the minors, he should provide a shot in the arm to a Phillies offense that has not been its usual self this season. Though Werth's power numbers are down from a year ago, when he hit 36 homers and drove in 99, his OPS is actually up to .898 and he's second in the NL with 47 extra-base hits.
The focus has been more on moving what remains of Werth's $7 million salary as a way to help pay for the acquisition of a frontline starter -- with Roy Oswalt the most-mentioned candidate -- but if the Phillies can still reel in a pitcher while maintaining Werth's bat for the rest of the season, they could be primed to make another run at the postseason. Whatever happens, Brown is the player Phillies fans have been waiting to see as he's hit his way through every level of the minors since signing as a 20th-round draft pick in 2006. Now he'll get his shot, joining Stephen Strasburg, Jason Heyward and the rest of the new wave that has arrived in the majors in 2010.
FanHouse TV caught up with Domonic Brown at the 2010 Futures Game. Watch below:
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