Unlike most of my features, which will generally focus each series on a particular Phillies player who has been hot of late, I am going to examine how a few key players have struggled.
At the start of 2016, it felt like the pitchers were the only thing worth caring about on this team. In the month of April, Phillies starters combined for 3.8 fWAR, which was third behind only the division-rival New York Mets and Washington Nationals’ starters in all of Major League Baseball.
Vincent Velazquez’ 16-strikeout gem culminated what was a spectacular month of April for the righty, in which he carried just 2.