The Phillies suck. Gabe Kapler sucks. Matt Klentek sucks.
I don't really need to elaborate but I will.
The Phillies were swept by the lowly Miami Marlins for the first time in Philadelphia since 2009. It was the first time ti 50 years that the Phillies have been swept by a team as bad ( record-wise) as Miami.
The club has hit rock bottom.
The Phils lost their 7th game in a row. They start a four-game series with the Mets tonight. New York is in similar disarray. however the Phillies have always had problems with the Mets, so getting out of this long losing streak won't be easy.
The Phila will not face deGrome or Snyderrguard this series. If the club doesn't at least take 3 or 4 games they are done.
I've written here before- if Kapler is fired, GM Klentek needs to go too. He put this mess of a team together. He failed to address third base. The organization keeps jerking Scott Kingery around instead of playing him at second base where he belongs. Kapler refuses to bat Kingery first.
There continues to be a lack of hustle. The players don't respect Kapler. He is a fool if he thinks that "bringing out a curve ball machine is the answer.
Will the Phillies be sellers instead of buyers at the trade deadline? If the Phils are out of the playoffs by a significant amount of games what good will it be to obtain one or two players?
Is there a market for older players like Jake Arrieta, Cesar Hernandez or Maikel Franco?
Zach Eflin pitches tonight vs the Mets.
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