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Phillies place Aaron Nola on 10-day DL

The Phillies have placed pitcher Aaron Nola on the 10-day disabled list with a lower back strain.

The move is retroactive to April 21 (Nola’s last start), so if he’s only on for 10 days, he misses just one start (Wednesday vs. Miami). His next scheduled start would be May 1 at Chicago.

OPINION: (grabs paper bag). That said, we don’t know if this is a one-time minor injury or part of something bigger. We’ll just have to see.

Until then, someone will need to pitch. Either that person takes Nola’s spot Wednesday, or the Phils could just move everyone up a day, but they’d still need a starter April 30 at Los Angeles. Internally, Mark Leiter Jr. may be able to handle a spot start in a bullpen game (that’s asking a lot before a trip from LA to Chicago), or the Phils could just call Ben Lively back up to make his first career start (not to waste someone else’s option).

If this is a bigger problem (and we hope not), maybe it’s time for Nick Pivetta, who’s pitching extremely well in Lehigh Valley.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.