Let’s start on a positive note. The Phillies are back to playing watchable baseball once again. It seems to me that the short West Coast trip really jolted their offense back to life. The trip could have been the exact medicine the team needed in order to awaken a sleeping offense.
They are going to head into the break in much better shape than they did last season, regardless of the outcome of this series in Colorado. The improvements in just one year of the rebuild are extremely noticeable, and a number of the main pieces still have not arrived from the minor leagues.