Philadelphia Phillies: 10 Solutions to Their Offensive Struggles
May 24, 2011 by Joe Iannello
Filed under Fan News
How great of a time in Phillies history are we in right now? The Phillies have the best record in Major League Baseball and a starting rotation that has shut out opponents seven times this season.
Phillies Nation could (should?) be checking their calenders and telling their families that no vacations are to be booked in October. The Phillies are clearly the class of the NL East, and their rotation has the potential to completely dominate the opposition four out of every five days.
But Philadelphia knows better, they have seen this before. Something needs to be done about their anemic offense. But what? Jim Salisbury wrote a terrific piece on Saturday indicating just how close the Phil’s are to the luxury tax.
The Phillies are literally “maxed out.”
How to fix the offensive struggles? How do we make sure the bats do not let us down in the playoffs like they did last year against the Giants?
Allow me to play GM for a few minutes, here are 10 solutions to the Phillies offensive struggles.