Phillies' 'no-brainer' backup catcher decision turns into .308 OPS disaster
Philadelphia has a choice to make.
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From firing Rob Thomson to naming Don Mattingly the interim manager, the Philadelphia Phillies have had a busy week for all the wrong reasons. The main problem, of course, is that a team with World Series aspirations is tied with the New York Mets for the worst record (10-19) in baseball. It doesn't help that Philadelphia's starting catcher, J.
T. Realmuto, is on the injured list with back spasms. The Phillies entered the season with Rafael Marchan as backup catcher, but his time with the NL East club may be running low.
"Rafael Marchán won the backup catcher job over Garrett Stubbs in spring training, which was a no-brainer at the moment," FanSided's Christopher Kline wrote Wednesday. "And while that fact hasn't necessarily changed — Stubbs is far from a proven MLB hitter — Marchán's early struggles have called into question just how much longer he'll be on the Phillies roster. He's out of contract options, so it's at the point where Philadelphia will need to trade or waive him to make a change.