Philadelphia Phillies Power Rankings - 2013
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 12 | 33-37 | 19 | Sunday's loss was a caricatured microcosm of Cole Hamels' season. Hamels has 42 strikeouts and has unintentionally walked only two hitters over his past 37 innings and yet he just became the first Phillies pitcher in over two decades to have double-digit losses before the All-Star break. -- Eric Longenhagen, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 11 | 31-33 | 15 | The Phillies started off last week well, crossing .500 for the first time since early April. Three crushing losses to the Brewers later, though, put them back below .500 and 8½ games out of first place. They still may be buyers at the deadline somehow. -- Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 10 | 27-30 | 19 | Phillies pitching allowed 5.6 runs per game last week, which is why Domonic Brown's seven home runs and .400/.438/1.167 batting line wasn't quite enough to get them to .500. This may soon be a familiar song. -- Ryan Sommers, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 9 | 24-26 | 17 | He's not doing it in a flashy way (27 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched), but Jon Pettibone has been effective, posting a 3.21 ERA through his first seven major league starts. That's good enough for second among Phillies starting pitchers. -- Paul Boye, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 8 | 21-23 | 19 | Walking off with back-to-back home runs off Aroldis Chapman is pretty cool, and the injury worries surrounding Carlos Ruiz and Ryan Howard would matter more if either of them were hitting at all. Even though they've looked hilariously bad at times, the Phillies are still only 4.5 games off the pace in the NL East. -- Michael Baumann, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 7 | 18-21 | 20 | The Phillies tout the NL's third lowest team OBP and fourth highest staff ERA, but have somehow managed to hover around .500 thus far. Strong foes await (Indians, Reds, Red Sox and Nationals) and things will have to improve if they hope to finish May above the NL East's troposphere. They'll utilize off days to deploy a four-man rotation until May 21. -- Eric Longenhagen, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 6 | 14-18 | 20 | Roy Halladay's ERA is just south of 9.00 after surrendering nine runs to the lowly Marlins in 2 1/3 innings on Sunday. The Phillies have shown an incredible amount of patience with the right-hander, but he is running out of leash. -- Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 5 | 12-14 | 21 | The Phillies' win on Sunday was a good model for bullpen stability, with Antonio Bastardo, Mike Adams and Jonathan Papelbon each throwing a scoreless inning. It also produced another truly odd line from the starting pitcher: Cole Hamels threw six innings, allowed one earned run, struck out eight, but walked six. The Phillies will finish April with a losing record. -- Ryan Sommers, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 4 | 8-11 | 21 | Chase Utley looks healthy, and his offensive numbers so far (.294/.347/.529) seem to back that up. His contract year may yet prove incredibly interesting, both for the Phillies and the league at large, especially if Robinson Cano re-signs with the Yankees. -- Paul Boye, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 3 | 6-6 | 18 | Roy Halladay allowed one run in eight innings on Sunday, throwing only 87 pitches, but considering that it was against the Marlins and he struck out only two hitters, it's hard to say for sure that he's any closer to righting himself. -- Michael Baumann, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 2 | 2-4 | 18 | Two bad starts from Cole Hamels and a disastrous opening week from the bullpen have torched the morale of a historically bipolar fan base. All is not lost, of course. Small-sample caveats apply, but the team would do well to win some games early while everyone is healthy and before someone gets dinged up. Father Time is undefeated. -- Eric Longenhagen, Crashburn Alley | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 14 | It will be an uphill battle for the Phillies to catch the Nationals and the new-and-improved Braves with an aging and injury-prone roster, but they will benefit by having one of baseball's easiest first-half schedules. -- Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley | |