2 Games In

...and we are 0-2.  I would have said we'd be 1-1.  As I said on the 28th of March Halladay is a problem.  A sure fire HOF can be a sad thing to watch when his stuff finally leaves him. 

All is not lost but I hope there are contingency plans in the FO.  Amaro and his staff need to start exercising trade options and evaluating FA possibilities to vault themselves back into a legit WS contender.

WS teams tend to have a few common threads the Phillies lack.  For starters you tend to see a power starter from the right on staff.  That was Halladay but no more.  Cole and Lee fill the lefty side of a WS starting rotation nicely.  Not much is on the FA horizon...Garza possibly!

Next you need a MVP type in the middle of your order.  Think Cabrera, Posey type players.  They don't grow on trees and rarely hit the FA market in their prime.  You have to get lucky or take a chance or both in the trade market.

And finally you have a young player come up and assert themselves into a starting role.  Utley did this many moons ago, Werth came into his own in pin stripes and so on.  The Phillies hold the 16th pick in the 2013 Amateur draft generally not a place to get a sure fire star that can move quickly to your MLB roster but if things fall right could be an impact player in 2-3 years.

MLB baseball is a true parity sport.  There is no salary cap and multiple dimensions to improve your club if you have the type of budget and market that the Phillies have.  When you look at the roster look at all of the contracts expiring at the end of the season starting with Manuel.