The Phillies have gotten off to a not unexpected slow start, struggling along with a 4-9 record after two full weeks of the 2015 season. That they are not in the basement of the NL East, at least not yet, is merely thanks to the similar struggles of the Miami Marlins, who have a record of 3-10 thus far.
The offense has been the main culprit for these Phillies. The team has scored just 32 runs in those 13 games, an average of just 2.46 per contest. That won’t win you many games to begin with, but it’s not as if the club’s starting rotation has been making things easy either.