Phillies Setup Man Hector Neris Needs to Adjust

The Philadelphia Phillies have been struggling of late, and a formerly effective late innings reliever as much as any of them.

Let’s start by saying that Hector Neris has been great this year. The raw numbers (2.27 ERA, 40 strikeouts in only 31.2 innings) bear that fact out.

He’s been called upon repeatedly to answer the bell in tough situations (his game Leverage Index this year is 1.60) and for the most part has answered the call by getting outs when needed.

During April and May, it felt like whenever the big right-hander entered a game, he was getting outs. There was no question about it.

Lately though, Neris hasn’t been the same dominant pitcher he was for those first two months. To show…