MLB power rankings: Phillies can't stop the bleeding as NL East hole grows
Phillies' 10-game losing streak puts NL powerhouse way behind the Braves.
Chuckle at the New York Mets , if that's your thing. Gawk at the five-car pileup that is the Boston Red Sox organization, which decided to kneecap its paragon of stability. Yet if you're looking for the messiest big-market failure as April draws to a close, the Philadelphia Phillies might fill the bill.
They didn't lose a dozen games in a row, like the Mets, just 10. Yet a one-night reprieve gave way to perhaps their most discouraging setback yet - a 6-2 loss to the front-running Atlanta Braves in which starter Aaron Nola was very bad and the lineup utterly powerless to counteract lefty Chris Sale. Nola has a $172 million guaranteed deal and they can't simply make his 6.
03 ERA go away like they did Taijuan Walker . And in a season of league-wide parity, they now own the biggest deficit in the major leagues - 10 ½ games behind the Braves - and dropped another 10 spots in USA TODAY Sports' power rankings. A look at our updated rankings: 1.
Los Angeles Dodgers (-) Took two of three from the Cubs. Must have been all that Hollywood flash, right, PCA ?. 2.