Phillies ace Zack Wheeler diagnosed with blood clot in right arm, placed on 15

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies placed ace Zack Wheeler on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a blood clot in his right arm.

Dave Dombrowski, the president of baseball operations for the Phillies, said after a 2-0 loss at Washington that Wheeler had been diagnosed with a “right upper extremity blood clot.”