The Phillies offense continues to be among the worst in baseball, and just about everyone is to blame. The only hitters with an above-average wRC+ (weighted runs created, or the value of your offense against a replacement hitter) are Andres Blanco (152), Odubel Herrera (146) and Carlos Ruiz (130). That doesn’t lead to a lot of runs.
You may notice that Maikel Franco isn’t part of that list. His wRC+ is 86, fourth on the team after the three leaders. The gap between Ruiz and Franco is scary enough, but the more important thing about this statistic is it underscores a hard truth about the first 35 games of this 2016 season: Franco has not been good at the plate.