Ah, Opening Day. Better late than never, I suppose!
We’ve got our finalized roster, there’s a real live game on television tonight... for the first time in forever, things feel... semi-normal?
Thus, I was feeling extra chipper today, and decided to torture myself a bit by looking back on the struggles of ye olde 2019 Phillies.
Of all the Phillies’ blunders last year, there was one non-surface-level aspect that stood out to me more than any other. No, it wasn’t the health of their bullpen, nor was it the lack of depth within their roster — it was their inability to pinch hit.