Howie Kendrick Placed on 10-day Disabled List, Mark Leiter Jr. Called Up

NEW YORK -- Phillies leftfielder Howie Kendrick was not in the starting lineup for the second straight game Tuesday night and it looks as if he's headed for time on the disabled list.
 
Kendrick suffered a chest injury while throwing in the outfield in Washington on Saturday. He was able to get through that game -- and, in fact, made two nice catches -- but was too sore to play Sunday.
 
Though the injury was no worse on Tuesday, Kendrick was still on the shelf. Manager Pete Mackanin indicated that a trip to the disabled list was possible and Kendrick acknowledged the same. A stay on the disabled list is now 10 days, down from 15, so Kendrick could be back in a week if the DL assignment is backdated three days.
 
Kendrick described the injury as something like a muscle pull just under his sternum. It is not an oblique injury, he said.
 
"It's sort of the upper ab, lower rib cage area," he said. "The good news is it's gotten no worse. But I feel it when I take swings off a tee in the cage."
 
Game action is a lot more intense than tee work, so Kendrick was out of Tuesday night's lineup, replaced in left field by switch-hitting Daniel Nava.
 
Kendrick said an MRI was planned for the coming days.
 
The Phils have three outfielders -- Roman Quinn, Nick Williams and Dylan Cozens -- on the 40-man roster at Triple A. Of that group, Quinn would be the most likely to come up if Kendrick lands on the disabled list. If the Phillies decided to go in another direction, they could up bring infielder Jesmuel Valentin, who was the last cut in spring training. If the Phils decided to add a player to the 40-man roster, they could bring Cameron Perkins. The Phils had hoped to keep Tyler Goeddel in the organization for this very reason, but they lost him on waivers to Cincinnati.