Brown Must Produce in 2nd Half

The patience that Phillies management has had with Domonic Brown is beginning to run thin, and the organization has made him quite aware of that fact.

“His leash isn’t as long as it used to be,” Ruben Amaro Jr. said in an interview before last Wednesday night’s game against the Dodgers. “That’s been communicated to him.”

Brown understands that at 27 years old, he is no longer the promising young player that was once regarded as the number one prospect in all of baseball back in 2010. He understands that he is entering his “prime” years, and that outside of a one-month stretch back in May 2013, where he blasted 12 home runs and drove in 25, he hasn’t come close to living up to his top-prospect…