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Nick Castellanos was sidelined with knee soreness Saturday against the Yankees and Aaron Nola will make his way to Lehigh Valley for a rehab start.

Players being mic’d up has become a fixture on ESPN Major League Baseball broadcasts. But last night marked the first time the network had mic’d up a mascot. During the bottom of the third inning, the Phillie Phanatic joined ESPN’s booth of Karl Ravech,

Nola (ankle/rib) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Thursday, Charlotte Varnes of The Athletic reports. Nola began facing live hitters last Saturday, and the plan is for him to build up to around 60 pitches during his return to game action Thursday.

If you told the Yankees — or the Mets, or the Cubs, or a half-dozen other contenders — that they could trade for an Aaron Nola-level starter, they would fall over each other to close the deal before Thursday’s deadline.