First impressions matter. And when you’re a baseball player, you’re constantly making them: not just the first impression you make in the pros, but your first impression with a new team, in a new position, with a new approach at the plate. And of course, your first impression of a new season. That’s where the trouble has been for Brandon Marsh, the hirsute hero of Citizens Bank Park’s hinterlands. He’s not the only Phillie that’s struggled in the dawn of the 2025 campaign: Alec Bohm, Aaron Nola, and various members of the bullpen can all, unfortunately, lay their claim to sour starts.
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