The Philadelphia Phillies have the second-best record in baseball behind the Cleveland Guardians, but it could almost be time to press the panic button.
The Phillies have been one of the top teams all season and held the best record in the MLB for quite some time. Rob Thomson’s team hasn’t been playing good baseball recently.
The Phillies have lost five straight series going back to before the All-Star break. They’ve lost 11 of their last 15 games.
Fans are Getting Ready to Press the Panic Button
The Phillies are losing a lot of games. They’re not just losing games; they’re losing games in sloppy and underperforming ways.
The big-money players have not been producing in this 15-game stretch. Bryce Harper is batting .153 with four home runs, Trea Turner is batting .203 with four home runs, J.T. Realmuto is batting .231 with no home runs or RBI, and Kyle Schwarber is batting .220 with three home runs. Nick Castellanos is the only one playing well right now, with a .276 batting average, three home runs, and 14 RBI. All-Star Alec Bohm, who was at the top of the league in RBI, only has three in this stretch of games. He now ranks No. 9 in the MLB and No. 3 in the National League in that category.
Not only are the players not producing at the plate, but the pitching has been inconsistent as of late. The Phillies had five pitchers selected for the 2024 All-Star game because of how dominant the group was leading up to it. Prior to the All-Star break, their team ERA was 3.41, which ranked No. 2 in the MLB, only behind the Atlanta Braves, which had a 3.40 ERA. The team ERA has sat at 4.68 since the break, ranking No. 23 in the MLB in that span.
The Phillies have 54 games left in the 2024 season. They sit 6.5 games ahead of the Braves in the NL East. The Phillies are in a good position and have a really good team. The players need to step up and get back to playing clean, winning baseball.
If this losing trend continues, it’ll be hard not to press the panic button heading into the playoffs.
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