LOS ANGELES — One of the best storylines of the second half of the Phillies season is the turnaround of the Phillies outfield. It all coincided with the arrival of center fielder Harrison Bader via trade.
Now, with multiple pending free agents and potential trade candidates, change could be coming again for a unit that was productive on both sides of the baseball over the final two months of the regular season.
Bader, the club’s post-trade deadline spark plug, chatted with teammates in the visiting clubhouse after the Phillies’ devastating 2-1 Game 4 loss in extras. Out of the starting lineup for Games 2 through 4 with a hamstring strain, Bader’s final act was a 10-pitch at-bat in the 11th inning of Game 4 that ended with a strikeout.