Phils Add Reinforcements, Kind Of

Sept. 1 is the day the Major League teams are allowed to expand their rosters. I always thought teams should have bigger rosters at the beginning of the season, rather than the end of the season. That's a discussion for another day. But anyway, "help" is arriving for manager Gabe Kapler, including:

• Aaron Altherr, who was hitting .171 in 210 at-bats before he was demoted.
• Dylan Cozens, who was 2-20 with 14 strikeouts in a couple cups of coffee with the big club.
• Pedro Florimon, who broke his foot in May.
• Yacksel Rios, owner of a 5.90 ERA and 1.586 WHIP.
• Edubray Ramos, who was actually pretty good in the majors this year.
• Austin Davis, who was injured and now healthy.

In trying to find a silver lining among these names, I guess Ramos and Davis can help from the bullpen and Altherr, Cozens, and Florimon are much better pinch running options that Vince Velasquez. But there's not a name here that's going to put the Phils over the top. Yawn.