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Four Bats the Phillies need to heat up this month

The Phillies can’t keep waiting for Rhys Hoskins to save them.

The number of injuries and general disappointments across the Phillies roster has generated a familiar scenario.

Here’s the reality. We’re hitting the home stretch, and the Phillies cannot afford to wait for Didi Gregorious, Andrew Knapp (‘out,’ I know), and others to break out.

That means you’re looking at either young and inexperienced or replacement level players (yes, including Freddy Galvis) to slam the door on the 2021 playoff hunt.