ATLANTA -- One of the most encouraging things early this season for Phillies manager Gabe Kapler is that his pitchers are keeping hitters' barrels off the ball.
There are multiple ways to measure weak contact, but according to Statcast™ the Phillies rank second in baseball in lowest hard-hit rate at 30.6 percent through Monday's slate of games.
Only the Red Sox rank better at 29.5 percent.
"That's just a good sign," Kapler said, citing the team's own numbers that rank the Phillies first in baseball.