On complete 5-1 road trip, Phillies gain confidence

Bob Cooney Avatar
May 12, 2025
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Heading into the just-completed six-game road trip with visits to Tampa Bay and Cleveland, I wrote of my confusion as to what the offensive identity was of this Phillies team. Now six games in six nights certainly aren’t going to solidify my questioning, but the picture of the offense did start to become clearer and it wasn’t solely due to hot streaks or anomalies or anything of that sort.
It’s more of a thought that if the Phillies can just be themselves at the plate most of the time, that’s a pretty good thing. In fact, it’s something that should easily help this team to the 90-plus win season that many envision. Of course there are many things to be righted (see: Bryce Harper), but the ta...

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