Baseball - Philadelphia Phillies

It is safe to say that the Philadelphia Phillies are going to begin to start preparing for next season. Even though they have a 42 and 50 record, there chances of making the play offs are slim to none. After all, they are 13.5 games back of the Mets in the National League East and it does not appear that they are going to slip anytime in the near future.

The biggest problem for the Phillies this year has been their pitching. All in all they have had one of the worst staffs in the league during the first half of the season. Since the starting rotation has been so bad, the bull pen has been forced to pull double time. With this has come a large amount of problems such as blowing games in the late innings.

Even though the pitching has been horrible the Phillies have still put 42 wins on the board. They should be looking to get rid of some of their higher salaried non productive players to make room for some younger pitchers. If the Phillies can get this done during the off season they should be in a good position to start off next season.

Overall, the Phillies are not giving up on 2006 just yet but the fact of the matter is that there play off chances are slim to none. If they want to make a run at the play offs next year their preparation should begin right now; sooner is always better than later.
 
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