Philadelphia Phillies Slugger Shares Interesting Thoughts on Disappointing Start
After not quite getting things started the way they would have liked, a veteran Philadelphia Phillies player shared his thoughts on what has taken place so far.
The Philadelphia Phillies are leaving Citizens Bank Park for their first road trip of the season with a 2-4 record.
Losing series against the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds isn't quite how they wanted the year to begin when they planned on getting off to a much better start than what has transpired the previous two.
But even after a less than ideal homestand, they are only one-and-a-half games back from the Braves in the division standings, still giving the Phillies an opportunity to be in the division race during this early portion of the season.
What has hampered Philadelphia is their lack of offense.
Despite have stars littered throughout their order, they currently sit in the bottom half of runs scored (25), batting average (.223), on-base percentage (.305), and slugging percentage (.355).
Maybe going on the road will allow them to find a spark that can get this lineup going. That's what slugger Kyle Schwarber is hoping for when he shared his thoughts on what has taken place for the Phillies through their first six games.
"At the end of the day we wanted to do better than 2-4 but we've got a good challenge ahead hitting the road. We'll reset on the off day and go from there," he said according to Paul Hagen of NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that might not be the case.
Philadelphia has been a much better team at home than on the road since the 2021 season, holding a record of 145-104 at Citizens Bank Park, while being 116-127 at other ballparks.
Still, Schwarber thinks the offense is close to hitting their stride, and that could come when facing their NL East foe Washington Nationals starting Friday.
"I don't think anyone's happy after a loss, but I think there are a lot of positive things to take away from the homestand ... I think we saw a lot of good at bats. I think we saw a lot of guys pounding the zone. So those are the kind of things you look at. You want to look at the negatives and learn from them, but also keep the good things in your head and carry those into the next series," he explained.
Whether this comes to fruition will be seen.
But one thing for certain is the Phillies' offense has a lot more in the tank they can reach, and once that happens, they should start looking like the team they've shown to be the past two years.
