The Good Phight · Feb 5, 2025
Expectations were low for the 2015 Phillies
You know how the old saying goes. Hope springs eternal for every baseball team at the onset of Spring Training. The bright rays of the spring sun burn away whatever happened last year and everyone looks towards the new season with excitement and a sense of new beginnings. Everyone, no matter what the expectations or projections, allows themselves to dream a little bit about the possibilities of the new baseball season.
Well, everyone except the 2015 Phillies.
The most optimistic forecast was offered by team president Pat Gillick, who believed that with a little health and a little help from the youth movement, that the Phillies had “an opportunity maybe to get to .500.”