Asche (oblique) has a chance to earn more playing time with Aaron Altherr set to miss 4-to-6 months with a wrist injury, the PhillyVoice reports.
Asche will need to get healthy first. He has been sidelined with an oblique injury since the start of camp. He hit .245/.294/.395 with 12 home runs in 425 at-bats last season. He could produce similar numbers this year if he comes away with a significant share of the playing time in left field. He is competing with Tyler Goeddel, Darnell Sweeney, David Lough and Cedric Hunter for at-bats.