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Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson benched Nick Castellanos for the team's 8-3 loss to the Miami Marlins for making an "inappropriate comment" in the prior game.

Plus, Thomson replaced Castellanos because he ranks dead last on the Phillies in defensive runs saved (minus-10), according to Baseball Reference.

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Castellanos played right field and singled in four at-bats against the Marlins on Monday before Thomson opted to have Johan Rojas replace him in the bottom of the eighth with Philadelphia up 3-1.

Regardless, Thomson's decisions clearly didn't go as planned. Perhaps he knew that Castellanos would be upset, but not to this degree. After making a comment, Thomson had had enough and benched him.