PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — When Ryan Howard steps to the plate at Citizens Bank Park nowadays, he hears boos before he even see a pitch.
After a frustrating 190-strikeout, .223 hitting 2014 season, Howard — the former NL MVP and World Series Champion — is just 4-24 (1.67) with eight strikeouts through six games played to start this season.
So will the Phillies consider platooning their $25 million first-basemen?
“There will be times when he gets some days off, perhaps could need them,” Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Tuesday. “At the same time, I think it’s also important for us to try to get him—particularly early in the season—is to try to get him into some type of rhythm and see where he can go from there.