Is there any panic yet?

by Brandon King

Is there any panic yet?

The MLB season is now four games old as of Monday April 4th. There were a lot of huge hopes for Phillies fans coming into the season after the Fightins were fresh off a World Series run in which they lost to the Houston Astros.

The Phillies are currently winless, with Rhys Hoskins out for the foreseeable future and still no official word on NLCS MVP. The Phillies went out and made some major offseason

“Air,”

acquisitions including Trea Turner and Taijuan Walker, who like the rest of the team has shown flashes but cannot pull it all together just yet. Are fans already starting to worry about the state of the team for this year?

So far, the Phillies have been outscored 36-12, this includes ‘Ace’ Aaron Nola being beat up for 5 earned runs and Zach Wheeler who also gave up 4 runs. It was clear in Monday night’s Yankees versus Phillies game that this team is still building chemistry. Taijuan

Walker got the nod to start the game and in the first inning loaded the bases and gave up two runs. Star Trea Turner was seen missing a throw down from baseball’s number one catcher J.T. Realmuto, bouncing in front of his glove and then over as the runner was safe at second. This was just the beginning of another rough night for the Phils, as they would lose 8-1. There is still plenty of hope and optimism for this team though. Young guns like Alec Bohm have consistently found a way on base. Game one against the Yanks he went 3 of 4 and is also currently batting .467 through the first four games. Is there really any reason to be concerned about this Phillies team? No. The MLB season is 162 games for a reason and a team can catch fire at any moment. After last season the Phillies proved that after starting out 21-29, firing Joe Giradi and then making the World Series after finishing above .500 in win percentage. Chemistry will build over time. It will probably really show when Harper returns and he reunites with Turner. The bullpen needs to pull it together a bit but that is nothing new for the Phillies. Pitchers are still settling in, but that doesn’t mean fans aren’t restless and waiting for what MLB considers one of their top teams to get the bats going and their starters thriving.

Will the Phillies be able to build up chemistry in time? Was last season’s run truly just a Cinderella story? Only time will answer these questions, but Phillies fans will wonder.