WASHINGTON — Rob Thomson sat Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto in the regular-season finale but a handful of Phillies regulars started the game Sunday against the Nationals, including the right fielder who’s been out there for all 162.
Nick Castellanos made his 162nd start, the first Phillie to do so since Jimmy Rollins in 2007. Freddy Galvis had been the most recent Phillie to play all 162 but he didn’t start them all.
Castellanos was the DH in five games and the right fielder for 157. He and Rollins are the only two Phillies over the last 42 seasons to start all 162. Before them, it was Pete Rose.
“It’s great. You don’t see it very much these days,” Thomson said. “It goes to his sort of old-school thought process. It’s something he wanted to do and I’m really proud of him.”
Thomson and Castellanos discussed his potentially playing 162 …