The current iteration of the Phillies bullpen is short on something: trust.
There are few pitchers pitching at the backend of the games that have built up a lot of trust, meaning there is a mix and match approach to winning games. Some nights, the matchups dictate that certain pitchers toe the rubber, other times, there is someone else. Rob Thomson pulls the correct lever more often than we’d probably like to admit, but there are other decisions that are ripe for second guessing.
Tuesday night, another situation arose where Thomson’s bullpen usage could be called into question.