Over the past two seasons, there has been one overarching theme to what the Phillies’ offense does while at the plate. It’s not limited to one player, but rather a perceived epidemic that has permeated all nooks and crannies of the roster: chasing. One of the biggest things that the Phillies have been accused of has been chasing too much, too many pitches that are not in the strikezone. The issue has showed up at the exact wrong times for the team, the times when the team needed to chase the least. The 2023 National League Championship Series was one of the first, or at least most broadly televised, instances where the opposition took advantage of the team expanding their own strike zone to limits that defy what a hitter is able to get to with a bat, followed by more of the same in the 2024 NLDS against the Mets.
How are the Phillies’ swing decisions this season?
