This was supposed to be the year when getting to the playoffs was easy. Given that there was only 60 games to play and eight teams per league were supposed to gain access to the final tournament, the Phillies, by virtue of a top heavy roster and some solid bounceback candidates, were supposed to be one of them.
Now?
It seems like the baseball gods are conspiring to make sure that the team doesn’t make it at all. First, they were given pitchers that in turn have given perhaps the worst bullpen performance ever in the history of the game.