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Worley

Worley has not pitched in the majors since 2017 and was released by the Mets in 2018. He provides organizational depth after posting a 4.01 ERA in five starts for Kane County and 33 innings.

Worley has posted a dazzling 11-2 record and 2.92 ERA in 117 innings this year for the first-place Phils, but he is -- quite incredibly -- not one of the team’s top four starters. He should do well in an October long relief role.

Worley will serve as a reliever during the postseason and the Phillies want to get him used to the role before the end of the regular season. A 23-year-old righty, he’s posted a sparkling 11-2 record, 2.85 ERA and 1.20 WHIP in 123 innings this year.

It will get Schneider additional at-bats, but not much else. Schneider batted .176/.246/.256 with two homers and a .502 OPS over 139 plate appearances last season.

He struck out five. The Phillies’ bullpen kept Worley from getting his third win, but it doesn’t dampen what was yet another solid outing from the right-hander. Worley finishes April with a 1.97 ERA and 1.19 WHIP, showing that last year’s impressive rookie season was no fluke. He’ll face the Nats next.

The best pitching performance of the spring to date. Worley, the Phillies’ No. 4 starter, didn’t allow anyone to reach base against him. Phillies pitching as a whole allowed just two hits and one unearned run in the 4-1 victory.

A Cody Ransom homer was the only damage. Worley struck out six tonight and has a 27/9 K/BB ratio in 25 innings for the season. That he’s allowed four homers despite largely facing weak offenses (his first three starts were against the Pirates, Mets and Padres) is the only red flag.

He struck out nine and walked just two in the game. He ran into a bit of trouble in the fourth, allowing the Padres to string together a few hits and score twice, then surrendered a solo homer to Yonder Alonso in the sixth. With the victory, Worley improves to 3-2 on the season and raises his ERA to 3.07. He owns a stellar 45/15 strikeout to walk ratio through his first 44 innings on the season. He’ll look to carry over this strong effort when he takes on the Astros on Tuesday.

Vorley struck out five, and made just one mistake, serving up a solo home run to Pedro Alvarez in the fifth. In much better position to repeat his unexpected breakout than former Phillie J.A. Happ was, Worley shouldn’t be unowned in any format.

Worley wasn’t quite so outstanding today as he was when he struck out eight Pirates five days ago, but he got the job done against the better of the Jays’ two split-squads (this one had 4 1/2 regulars). He allowed four hits, walked none and struck out three.