Phillies' Orion Kerkering reinstated from injured list; Nick Nelson optioned to triple A

Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering has looked ready over his last few outings of his rehab assignment, and on Sunday, he was officially reinstated from the 15-day injured list. Right-handed reliever Nick Nelson was optioned to triple-A Lehigh Valley to make room for Kerkering on the active roster. Manager Rob Thomson said the decision was between Nelson and recently acquired right-hander Ricardo Pinto, but the Phillies went with Pinto because he can give them more length. “What we want to see out of Nelly — and one of the reasons we sent him down at the start of the year — was to get him more reps, so that maybe his velocity would spike up again,” Thomson said.