The Philadelphia Phillies are attempting to build some momentum following a horrible start to the season. As expected with the struggles, some of their players have been major disappointments.

It was a horrible stretch to start the year for the Phillies. With a 10-game losing streak early on, Philadelphia had a (9-19) record in the first 28 games. These struggles resulted in their manager, Rob Thomson, getting fired, and the team replaced him with Don Mattingly.

While it was Thomson who took a bulk of the blame, there have been notable areas of the team that have struggled. The offense, in particular, should take a lot of the blame . Their inability to hit against left-handed pitching has been a real Achilles heel for the team so far.

Furthermore, the starting rotation has a lot of talent, but even this unit has had some really poor outings.…