This weekend, we were treated to an epic showdown for the ages… in the vein of a battle of the bands between Limp Bizkit and Nickleback. The Phillies bullpen and the Nationals bullpen went head to head in an epic battle for the title of worst bullpen in baseball, or at least it felt that way at times.
Here’s the thing, the Phillies bullpen has been mostly good overall, except against the Nats. In their eight head-to-head matchups with Washington, the Phillies bullpen has pitched 31 innings, and yielded seven homers and 27 total runs (including Aaron Altherr’s one inning, one run outing in the 15-1 blowout loss).