There are some weeks where finding the three players that played well is rather difficult. With the Phillies, this is one of those weeks. Nothing went right, but on we shall march.
Three up
Cristopher Sanchez – Man, when your defense lets you down, it can make a good week look a whole lot worse. The Saturday matchup of Sanchez and Chris Sale looked really good on paper and on the mound, but the runs given up by Sanchez were because of errors and bleeders. He was excellent, but the Phillies still lost
since they also can’t score runs right now. Needless to say, Sanchez is still an Ace.
Bryce Harper – When Harper is in the middle of one of his hot streaks, the team should be winning games. We’ve seen how cold he gets and how the team responds, so the fact that they are losing while he’s hitting the ball is an issue.
Kyle Schwarber – Three home runs in a week is a good week! It’s just too bad that he is striking out so, so much that it’s becoming somewhat alarming. I saw somewhere that someone complained of the strikeouts and how the Phillies probably have buyer’s remorse because of it, to which I say “Poppycock!” Imagine how this offense might look if they didn’t have his power.
Three down
Jesus Luzardo – Luzardo has been pretty awful this season, something that is noticeable once you consider he signed a big money extension prior to the season. You still give him that contract ten times out of ten, knowing he’ll probably right the ship soon enough, but he’s been way too hittable with his stuff so far. There’s a lot of red on his Savant page right now, so alarm bells should be quieted a bit, but this was a bad start for him this week.
Bryson Stott – Alec Bohm has been the target of the fanbase’s ire this year, rightfully so, but Stott has been rough lately. His week this week was mostly “eh”, but his season is lacking. There is little on base ability and almost to no power coming from his offensive production. I’ve been on the “extend Bryson Stott” train for a while, but that looks like it might be losing some steam.
Alec Bohm – What else is there to say? He’s bad. The legal issues he is in right now with his parents has to be having some kind of impact on his ability to prepare to play baseball, and that is something that would lead anyone to be in a bad headspace, but the production has to be pick up lest the team make a more significant change that just “giving him a breather”.
