If you asked me to hand pick a stretch of games that could help the Phillies (30-37) get back on track, it would look a lot like the next 13 games of their schedule. Reason being that the next series against the Diamondbacks (29-39), followed by a series against the struggling Twins, represents a chance for the Phillies to come up for air after a four week stretch of almost exclusively playing clubs with records above .500. Over that stretch, using the Detroit series as the starting point, the Phillies managed just five wins in 23 chances.
While it has become crystal clear that the Phils are not yet built to battle with baseball’s heavyweights, the team only sits seven games below .