Phillies

Very Bad Phillies Stats

By Kyle Scott

Published: Jun 17th, 2016 · 10:19 AM EDT

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The Phillies – mayday! – are crashing and burning. Since their high-water mark, seven games over .500 on May 20, they’ve gone 6-20. 6 AND TWENTY. SIX AND 2zero. SIX ONES COLUMN, TWO TENS COLUMN. SI-X AND TWEN-TY. SIXANDTWENTY. SISDIASDITWERTY.

It’s bad. Here’s how bad. Since May 20:

• 6-20 record
• SIXANDTWENTY!
• 5.06 ERA
• 1.45 WHIP
• .219 BA
• .637 OPS
• They’ve been outscored 138-80, a run differential of -58

That’s compared to their first 41 games, where they went 24-17 with a 3.79 team ERA, 1.21 WHIP and only slightly better (less bad?) offensive stats. Their run differential wasn’t good, but it was a less awful -28. In hindsight, they… weren’t good.

Things are even worse over their last eight games. They’re 1-7 with a 7.47 – mayday! – team ERA, 1.78 WHIP, .194 batting average, and a .581 OPS. Their run differential is -36, and that’s including a seven-run win. Just to put that .581 OPS in perspective, if it belonged to a player, it would be 170th best in the league, just behind Freddy Galvis. So, yeah, as a team, over their last eight games, the Phillies are hitting worse than Freddy Galvis, who is batting .217 this season.

They’re now 30-37. THIRTY AND THI… kidding. They’re done. They were never truly a contender this year, but at seven – SEVEN – games over .500, they were shaping up to be competitive throughout the summer and potentially in the thick of a Wild Card race. But, the pitching redlined, the offensive never got out of park (sort of literally), and rookie mistakes are beginning to pile up. ?