It’s easy to wave your hand at the Phillies’ current bullpen configuration and dismiss it like nothing really matters yet. The October relief corps might very well be headlined by a righty currently outside the organization, or a lefty currently in the starting rotation, or both.
But there are still 31 games to go until the July 31 trade deadline, and those 31 games matter not just for the obvious reasons — nine are against the Padres or Giants, with whom the Phillies could be battling for postseason positioning — but also to determine where exactly the weaknesses are, how they need to address them and who they can trust.