“I don’t look at this as a rebuild,” lied Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg. “I look at it… Well, it's a transition. It's where we're at.” Sandberg couldn’t say it, but “where they were at” was Baseball Hell. Less metaphorically, he was in Clearwater, speaking to reporters in February 2015. As pitchers and catchers filed in to Spring Training, the usual excitement was nowhere to be found. Team morale was low. Fan morale was nonexistent. Fresh off an 89-loss 2014 season, the 2015 Phils looked even worse than the previous year’s squad.
2015 was also the year we selected the great Griffin Morandini from Garnett Valley and some dude name Scott Kingery.
Can’t believe Travis Lee had a .745 OPS as a Phillie. I am shook 2008Philz.