“I still like our group, our core group of guys, going into next year,' he says of the relievers. It is unlikely, though, that both Jeff Hoffman and Carlos Estevez will return.
There was a lot that went wrong for the Phillies this postseason, but when Dave Dombrowski looks back at that series in its entirety, one thing sticks out to the team’s president of baseball operations: the bullpen. In his mind, the lack of offense could be explained. The bats went cold at the wrong time. Some hitters weren’t using the whole field. Some hitters lost track of their approach.
“I was as surprised as anybody. As I think all of us were at that point, because they had pitched efficiently. They had been in the postseason before. They’re not young guys. Kerkering was the youngest, but they had the experience. As Dombrowski alluded to, most of those arms will be back — unless the Phillies choose to move them — but there are two who might not be. Estévez, who was acquired at the trade deadline, is a free agent. So is Hoffman.
“Well, you never know with payroll, because you don’t know what other adjustments and changes that you end up making,” he said. “We like them both. It’s hard for me to imagine that you end up bringing them both back under the circumstances, because I would gather they’re both going to get offered long-term, big-dollar contracts, which they’re going to be looking for.
“In Pittsburgh, I read what they did with Skenes. And he talked about how happy he was with this situation. He started in the minors, but he wasn’t coming off an injury, either. So all of those are factors, and I don’t know the answers at this time. Those will be things that we talk about heading into spring training next year.”
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