The Phillies offense has been underwhelming on the whole so far this year. Based on most stats it’s around 10th best in MLB, but there is some concern that even this overstates how good it is because it includes games against bad pitching that they wouldn’t see if and when they reach the playoffs.
For example if they feast on bad pitching, then even if they struggle against good pitching more than most contenders do, this wouldn’t be apparent in their overall numbers.
We can take a crack at understanding this better.
Let’s look at all starters who have pitched at least 50 innings so far, so that they can be more reliably categorized based on their ERA to date.