The good-Defensively the Phillies have been pretty good. M Young is a little better than we thought, Revere has been as advertised and Dom Brown is doing pretty well in LF. Offensively 26 is proving himself healthy and Michael Young is still the professional hitter we saw in TX all those years. The BP outside of Durbin is doing it's job. Lannan has been a good 5th starter, Lee has been a shut down type ace and I think we all know Cole is fine and will pitch deep into games.
The Bad-Is Charlie smarter than we give him credit for? I ask because he had questions all along about whether or not Revere should lead off. He has stuck with Ben in that role maybe as an "in your face public opinion" demonstration that Jimmy is still the best person for the job. Brown needs to do a better job of getting on base. His eye was a major skill, he rarely swung at pitches outside the zone and took his walks accordingly. Early on his OBP is sub .300 that's not good and that's not his game.
Dom has the tools to be a near .300 hitter with power. He needs to not accept being average if the teams plans on contending for a play off birth.
Finally 2 of 3 from the Marlins is bad if you see this club making the playoffs and having any type of a chance to win a playoff series. A .500 record 6-6 heading into a 4 game set with the Reds. Nothing in September is (usually) as it is in April and the real evaluation of this team begins with Ruiz and D Young returning to the line-up later this month.
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