From the cleanup hitter crisis to the miscalculation in left field, Dombrowski’s offseason decisions are being brought back into focus amid a wretched start.
Dave Dombrowski is ‘responsible’ for this reeling Phillies roster. And these decisions helped get them here. From the cleanup hitter crisis to the miscalculation in left field, Dombrowski’s offseason decisions are being brought back into focus amid a wretched start.
Dave Dombrowski opted to keep Alec Bohm at third base and give Otto Kemp the right-handed side of a platoon in left field. The buck — or 317 million bucks, as calculated for the luxury tax — stops with Dombrowski.
And if you’re into placing blame for the Phillies’ longest losing streak in eight years — and worst-in-the-majors 8-17 record, their lousiest 25-game start since the 99-loss 2015 season — go ahead and begin with the future Hall of Fame executive who chose continuity over change in assembling the roster in the offseason. John Middleton on Phillies’ high payroll amid looming labor war, Dave Dombrowski-Bryce Harper saga, and more An offense that enters the weekend tied for 24th in the majors in slugging and ranked 27th in runs per game , 28th in on-base percentage , and 29th in batting average .
Right-handed hitters who have a combined .533 OPS against left-handed pitching. Overall, the Phillies are last in the majors with a .589 OPS against lefties and have an 0-9 record against non-opener lefty starters.
, the veteran third baseman and initial choice to bat cleanup, who is embattled on the field and off and sixth-lowest hard-hit rate through Wednesday, a sign thatand others have been more unlucky than bad. But a starter has completed the sixth inning only once in the last nine games, taxing a depleted bullpen.
“As a group, I don’t think any part of our team has excelled,” Dombrowski told reporters this week in Chicago, where the Phillies were swept by the Cubs. “Offensively, pitching-wise, starting pitching-wise, defensively, I don’t think there’s been any portion of our game that’s been very good. And I think we’re much better. I think we’ll be much better.
” They’ll be better because they can’t be much worse. The starting pitching, in particular, will get a boost when Winning a World Series ‘changes everything. ’ And the Phillies legacies for this veteran core are riding on it.
“I did not see this coming,” an evaluator from a National League team said this week. “How many big hits have they gotten? The guys that have the back of the baseball card that have been able to do things have to start getting a couple of big hits when it counts. Not always the three-run homer.
Just a line drive with men on base to drive in some runs is going to make you a better team. ”, eating $15.3 million to be rid of his 9.13 ERA rather than stashing him in the bullpen as a long man. Rob Thomson ’s seat, it most certainly has brought back into focus a few offseason decisions from the Dombrowski-led front office that raised eyebrows at the time, in this space and others.
Such as:in free agency in January, the Phillies tacitly acknowledged that they needed a right-handed bat for the middle of the order. They were close to signing him, too, until he accepted the Mets’ shorter-term, higher-dollar offer. But rather than chasing after other options in free agency or trades, the Phillies swiftly pivoted back to Realmuto, Bohm, and the status quo. The Phillies have elite speed at the top and bottom of the order.
And it could be key for an inconsistent offense. And that’s how a nonroster invitee to spring training with five games of major league experience began batting cleanup behind Harper. Dombrowski appeared on the 94.1 WIP-FM radio pregame show this week and said, “You really don’t have a No. 4 hitter at this time. ” He’s right.
Phillies cleanup hitters have combined for a .545 OPS. Only the Royals are worse. The Phillies were 20th in the majors last season with a .720 OPS out of the cleanup spot. Harper, who typically bats third, highlighted the need for more production from the No. 4 hitter when he arrived in spring training in February.
“I think the numbers in the four-spot weren’t very good last year for our whole team,” he said. “So, whoever’s in that four-spot is going to have a big job to do. ” Most of those at-bats went to Bohm, who reprised the cleanup role for the first 11 games, went 8-for-43 , and slugged .279. Thomson turned to Adolis García, among the few lineup newcomers.
ButFrom spring training: With free agency looming next year, Alec Bohm is prepared to bat cleanup for Kyle Schwarber or Bryce Harperin November after back-to-back disappointing seasons. Bohm was dogged by injuries last year after being dangled in trade talks the previous winter. It’s no wonder Dombrowski went hard after Bichette, a move that would’ve had several offshoots, including a trade of Bohm, according to multiple sources.
But although they recognized the need for another right-handed hitter in the middle of the order, they reacted to Bichette’s agreement with the Mets by moving quickly to re-sign Realmuto to a three-year, $45 million deal rather than pursuing another right-handed power option.
“I think we’re content with where we are at this point,” Dombrowski said in January, and he may already be haunted by those words. Neither Bichette nor Suárez is off to a good start, but that isn’t the point. Bohm has verged on unplayable. He had two hits Wednesday night and doubled and scored Thursday, his first extra-base hit since April 6.
Maybe it’s a start. For now, though, Reyes is the cleanup hitter. A 25-year-old who wasn’t on the radar until late last week, he homered in his first major league at-bat last Saturday night and moved into the cleanup spot three nights later in his second major league game.
“Reyes is going to hit,” said an NL scout who saw him in the minors. “He’s not a very good outfielder at all. But I do think he’s going to hit. ”Upon getting called back up from triple A in September, Kemp hit four homers and slugged .558 in 52 at-bats despite playing through knee and shoulder injuries that necessitated offseason surgery.
“He’s a tough son of a gun,” Dombrowski said in December. “He’s a championship-type player. ” Say this for Kemp: He’s a feel-good story, reaching the majors last season after going undrafted from a small Division II college. But he came into the season with a total of 218 major league plate appearances and five starts in left field.
J.T. Realmuto ‘never felt like a Plan B’ for Phillies while continuing fight to boost pay scale for catcherswith the Giants. ) But given Kemp’s inexperience and the need for right-handed hitting, could the Phillies have gotten creative about finding a left field platoon partner for Maybe Reyes proves to be the answer, both in left field against lefties and in the cleanup spot.
Maybe Edmundo Sosa gets more starts at third base, although he’s at his best in a supersub role. , and García. For a few days in January, it seemed Dombrowski realized the Phillies needed more. The search ended when Bichette’s free agency did.
“I thought they had a chance to be great if everything clicked,” an NL scout said. “My biggest concern was surviving until Wheeler got back, and then the guys offensively doing what they’ve done in their careers. Those other guys just have underperformed. ”In Trea Turner and Justin Crawford, the Phillies have two of baseball's fastest players at the top and bottom of their batting order.
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