We all knew that coming into this season, the Phillies projected to be a pretty bad baseball team. Their offense was going to be centered around a 36-year old second baseman whose knees we hoped would hold up for one more year, and a first baseman who has struggled to hit with any kind of authority for the last 3 years.
While the bullpen looked solid, the starting rotation behind ace Cole Hamels would probably make the overall pitching staff below average, especially with Cliff Lee suffering a potentially career ending injury.