While Phillies general manager Matt Klentak spent most of the offseason adding two former MVPs and multiple All-Stars, Philadelphia’s bench received little to no attention.
Coming off a summer where Klentak added Asdrubal Cabrera, Wilson Ramos, Justin Bour, Jose Bautista the Phillies saw all four of those players depart in free agency with no one signed to replace them.
Philadelphia’s essentially started back at square one with Nick Williams, Aaron Altherr, Scott Kingery, and Andrew Knapp (the same group as Opening Day 2018) assuming the bench duties.
Phillies pinch-hitters are hitting just .143 with two doubles and no home runs this season, and with the exception of Kingery the role players have been downright dreadful.