I have no idea why it’s true, but from the time I was a kid, I noticed that I simply could not get a realistic idea of how the Phillies were going to do before the end of July. (While I do watch individual games, I refuse to check their rankings until then.)
Once I got this clear in my head, I saved myself a lot of aggravation by not agonizing over stories like this.
I was raised with a love for baseball by my dad’s affinity for the Cleveland Indians, who I believe was the first American League team to sign a black ballplayer: I think it was Larry Doby (might be wrong about this). Anywho, my point is that my old man always said that you don’t get to see ‘good’ baseball until after the month of June (maybe something to do with the trade deadline??…..I dunno).
So not to worry about your Phils, Suze. BTW, the Braves are not playing up their potential either, so we’ll see what happens after this month!