He is a problem that wasn’t going to be part of the solutionGirardi isn't the problem.
Rob Thompson is named interim manager. Unless he can go back in time and not have DD sign a bunch of DH's, what does this change?
Yes, blame the manager.
Phillies bullpen has been awful for the past couple years, they were pretty poor defensively as well. Dave Dombrowski, in his infinite wisdom decided to fix the brutal bullpen and defense by signing...Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos. Both of who are absolutely useless defensively (Schwarber especially) to the point they're worth a combined like .1 WAR together.
The Phillies haven't had a farm since like the mid 2000s and continue to think they can just buy their problems away.
Dombrowski special. Spend like crazy in free agency on big names and then trade whatever good prospects you have for more big names. Second part hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will at some point.
Does Philly even have any prospects they can trade outside of Stott? I feel like that's also part of the problem because Dombrowski's spending has kept them from being truly awful enough to acquire blue chippers.
Seen their awful bullpen and defense on full display vs the Mets this season. Our comeback from down 7-1 in the 9th, as well as the general idea of simply putting the ball in play against their subpar D being a good and simple approach.Yes, blame the manager.
Phillies bullpen has been awful for the past couple years, they were pretty poor defensively as well. Dave Dombrowski, in his infinite wisdom decided to fix the brutal bullpen and defense by signing...Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos. Both of who are absolutely useless defensively (Schwarber especially) to the point they're worth a combined like .1 WAR together.
The Phillies haven't had a farm since like the mid 2000s and continue to think they can just buy their problems away.