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Phillies Stat Notes: Swoon Schmoon — a playoff team as of today

With two games left to close out their first half, the Phillies have the 5th best record in the NL, and would be facing the Cubs in the Wildcard game if the season ended today.

Through their ups and downs, overall they’ve had an average offense for the season to date, ranking 9th in scoring runs, and 8th in overall hitting.

Their run prevention has also been average (8th in runs allowed), with very good pitching hampered by poor fielding:

This table now includes FIP in the pitching stats, and two advanced fielding metrics: Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) from baseball reference, and Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR) from fangraphs.