Chicago lost two of three over the weekend in Motown. The Tigers blanked the Cubs yesterday, 4-0. Dansby Swanson had two of Chicago’s four hits on the afternoon. Philadelphia lost three, one-run games to the Pirates in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Sunday, they managed a mere three hits against Paul Skenes and Braxton Ashcraft.

It doesn’t need to be Otto Kemp. Or Justin Crawford. Or Aidan Miller. Or Gabriel Rincones. Or Aroon Escobar. But it needs to be one of them. Probably more than one. For the Phillies to get back to where they were in 2022,

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Almost every hitter has seen a dip in slugging percentage against off-speed and breaking pitches. Many have experienced radical declines.

Offensively, the Phillies have been held to a single run in four of their past five games. They're hitting .189 during this 10-game stretch -- and they've averaged just 2.4 runs in their nine losses in that span. They've been outscored 57-22 in those nine contests.

The lefty has given up 20 runs in his last two starts. Could there be an easy fix for him? “Theoretically it should be, yeah,” Luzardo says.

The Philadelphia Phillies are struggling so badly that Weston Wilson has become one of their best options on the mound.