The Phillies called Domonic Brown up from the minors on Friday night, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be postseason-bound.
To the contrary, a team source tells Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer that the Phillies plan to send Brown to the instructional league following the regular season.
Brown could still qualify for the postseason roster, but Gelb writes that the Phillies are more focused on him getting regular work in left field, where he’ll likely figure in next season with Raul Ibanez’s contract set to expire. There are no plans to have have play winter ball, so his season will be over when the instructional league schedule ends on October 15.
Brown, 24, is hitting .246/.335/.393 with five home runs, 19 RBI, three stolen bases and a .728 OPS over 209 plate appearances with the Phillies this season. He batted just .227 with one home run over 97 at-bats after being demoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley following the acquisition of Hunter Pence.
