Phillies creep closer to being a top 10 team in MLB
The Philadelphia Phillies are slowly starting to win series, which is creeping them closer to being back to a top 10 team in MLB.
Phillies creep closer to being a top 10 team in MLB originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Since firing former manager Rob Thomson (9-19), the Philadelphia Phillies have played better under interim manager Don Mattingly (12-4).
Under Mattingly, the Phillies have had two winning streaks of three or more games, while doing it once under Thomson. Mattingly also showed a willingness to sit third baseman Alec Bohm to get him back on track, which Thomson wouldn't do. These changes have helped the Phillies creep closer to the top 10 of ESPN's power rankings.
The Philadelphia Phillies are getting closer to being a top 10 team in Major League Baseball After previously ranking as the 15th-best team in baseball, the Phillies have had a good stretch of baseball as of late, which now places them at 11. According to ESPN's David Schoenfield , this and the Phillies receiving production from Bohm, second baseman Bryson Stott and left fielder Brandon Marsh called to push them up. "The Phillies went 11-3 in their first 14 games under interim manager Don Mattingly, posting a 3.
16 ERA while hitting . 267 and averaging 5. 0 runs," wrote Schoenfield.