Daily News | ‘I thought we would play better’: Dave Dombrowski weighs in on the Phillies’ 20-23 start
in the throes of a four-game losing streak that dropped their record to 20-23 through more than one quarter of the season, there isn’t much sense in mincing words.“I’m surprised that we haven’t played better so far,” the Phillies president of baseball operations told The Inquirer. “I thought we would play better.”
“We made a managerial change last year, which we will not be making,” Dombrowski said. “It’s one of those where, I think the culture has been built. It’s good. I think they believed they could do it [last season]. I think they now know they can do it. But when I say that, you still have to do it.”Turner’s disappointing start has mirrored the team’s. A .300 career hitter, he’s batting .262 with only 15 extra-base hits and a .707 on-base plus slugging in 195 plate appearances.
“We’re just chasing too much, and that happens a lot when you’re struggling,” Dombrowski said. “You try to do too much, so sometimes you go outside the zone. Then, when you go outside the zone, [opponents] are smart. They know you’re doing it. They feed to that.”It’s one thing to seek a fifth-starter upgrade after Bailey Falter went 0-7 with a 5.13 ERA and got demoted to triple A. It’s quite another when the $72 million No. 4 starter has a 6.53 ERA through nine starts.
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