2021 Remarkable! Season Preview — Philadelphia Phillies

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2021 season. Phillies fans wanted to re-sign Realmuto, they got their wish. Alec Bohm had a great start to his career. Can the offense lead the way to the playoffs or will it be the starting rotation?

 

2020 Record: 28-32 (3rd in NL East)

 

Phillies Hitters

 

Andrew McCutchen

  • Andrew McCutchen has a swing rate of just 38% (807/2,139) since 2019 — 10th lowest in MLB 
  • Andrew McCutchen has 19 extra-base hits out of 25 total hits (76%) on elevated pitches since 2019 — best in MLB 
  • Andrew McCutchen has an OPS of just .598 (87 PA’s) when facing the starting pitcher for the 3rd time in a game since the start of the 2019 season — 6th lowest in MLB

 

Alec Bohm

  • Alec Bohm batted .419 (31-for-74) with runners on base in the 2020 season — best in MLB

  • Alec Bohm had an OBP of .519 (52 PA’s) with runners in scoring position in the 2020 season — 3rd best in MLB
  • Alec Bohm had an OBP of .400 (180 PA’s) in the 2020 season — tied for 12th best among 159 in MLB
  • 17% of Alec Bohm’s plate appearances lasted only one pitch (30/180 PA’s) in the 2020 season — tied for 10th highest in MLB

 

Bryce Harper

  • Bryce Harper is batting just .199 (66-for-332) on outside pitches since 2019 — tied for 7th lowest in MLB
  • Bryce Harper has 58 extra-base hits out of 111 total hits (52%) on fastballs since 2019 — 8th best in MLB
  • Bryce Harper is slugging .668 (231 total bases in 346 ABs) on fastballs since 2019 — 5th best in MLB
  • Bryce Harper has an OPS of 1.078 (420 PA’s) with runners on base since 2019 — 3rd best in MLB
  • Bryce Harper is batting just .179 (25-for-140) on sliders since 2019 — 9th lowest in MLB
  • Bryce Harper has missed on 39% of swings (117/300) on changeups since 2019 — 11th highest among 127 in MLB

 

J.T. Realmuto

  • J.T. Realmuto has made 34 non-routine plays since the start of the 2019 season — 4th most in MLB

  • J.T. Realmuto has 20 home runs with two-strikes since the start of the 2019 season — tied for 9th most in MLB
  • J.T. Realmuto has an OPS of just .908 (165 PA’s) when ahead in the count since the start of the 2019 season — 5th lowest in MLB
  • J.T. Realmuto is batting just .130 (9-for-69) on breaking balls down and away since the start of the 2019 season — 15th lowest among 105 in MLB

 

Rhys Hoskins

  • Rhys Hoskins is batting just .230 (166-for-721) since 2019 — tied for 3rd lowest in MLB
  • Rhys Hoskins is slugging .950 (115 total bases in 121 ABs) with the pitcher behind in the count since 2019 — 4th best in MLB
  • Rhys Hoskins has 86 extra-base hits out of 166 total hits (52%) since 2019 — tied for 5th best in MLB
  • 6% of Rhys Hoskins’ plate appearances have lasted only one pitch (55/890 PA’s) since 2019 — 6th lowest in MLB
  • Opponents have used a defensive shift against Rhys Hoskins on 80% of his plate appearances (582/729) since 2019 — highest in MLB
  • Rhys Hoskins has drawn 145 walks in 890 PA’s (16%) since 2019 — 6th best in MLB

 

Didi Gregorius

  • Didi Gregorius is batting just .243 (71-for-292) on fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — 4th lowest in MLB
  • Didi Gregorius has a groundball rate of just 34% (115/333) against RHP since the start of the 2019 season — 12th lowest in MLB
  • Didi Gregorius has missed on just 15% of swings (77/502) with two-strikes since the start of the 2019 season — 14th best in MLB
  • Didi Gregorius is slugging .612 (82 total bases in 134 ABs) with runners in scoring position since the start of the 2019 season — 14th best in MLB

 

Jean Segura

  • Jean Segura is slugging just .382 (221 total bases in 578 ABs) against RHP since 2019 — 7th lowest in MLB
  • Jean Segura has 29 extra-base hits out of 54 total hits (54%) against LHP since 2019 — 8th best in MLB
  • Jean Segura has 118 strikeouts in 835 PA’s (just 14%) since 2019 — 15th best among 127 in MLB
  • Jean Segura has a Well-Hit Avg of just .099 (17/172) on sliders since 2019 — tied for 9th lowest in MLB

 

Andrew Knapp

  • Andrew Knapp had an OBP of .404 (89 PA’s) in the 2020 season — tied for 14th best in MLB 
  • Andrew Knapp drew 15 walks in 89 PA’s (17%) in the 2020 season — 11th best in MLB 

 

Scott Kingery

  • Scott Kingery has missed on 24% of swings (203/846) on pitches in the strike zone since 2019 — 14th highest in MLB 
  • Scott Kingery has missed on 41% of swings (113/277) on elevated fastballs since 2019 — 10th highest in MLB 
  • Scott Kingery had an OPS of just .404 (31 PA’s) when leading off an inning in the 2020 season — 3rd lowest in MLB 
  • Scott Kingery had an OBP of just .228 (124 PA’s) in the 2020 season — 7th lowest in MLB

 

Roman Quinn

  • Roman Quinn had a K:BB ratio of 7.8 (39/5) in the 2020 season — 12th highest in MLB 
  • Roman Quinn batted just .136 (3-for-22) on fastballs against LHP in the 2020 season — tied for 9th lowest in MLB 

 

Bench

 

Rafael Marchan

 

Adam Haseley

  • Adam Haseley has a groundball rate of 58% (132/229) since 2019 — 4th highest in MLB 
  • Adam Haseley pulled just 33% of balls he’s put into play (22/66) in the 2020 season — 13th lowest in MLB 

 

Mickey Moniak

 

C.J. Chatham

 

Projected Starting Rotation

 

Aaron Nola

  • Aaron Nola has thrown his curveball 33% of the time (1,480/4,480) since 2019 — 3rd highest among qualified SPs in MLB

  • Aaron Nola has 69 three-pitch strikeouts since 2019 — 5th most among pitchers in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 314 of Aaron Nola’s 627 breaking balls down out of the zone (chase rate of 50%) since 2019 — highest in MLB
  • Right-handed hitters have a chase rate of 35% (449/1,269) against Aaron Nola since 2019 — 10th highest in MLB 
  • Aaron Nola has allowed a slugging percentage of just .380 (139 Total Bases / 366 ABs) versus the top of the order since 2019 — 15th best in MLB

 

Zack Wheeler

  • Hitters have chased 236 of Zack Wheeler’s 539 fastballs in off the plate (44%) since 2019 — highest in MLB 

  • Hitters have chased 359 of Zack Wheeler’s 1,104 fastballs out of the zone (33%) since 2019 — 2nd highest in MLB 
  • Zack Wheeler has thrown his fastball for a strike 71% (1,831/2,574) of the time since 2019 — 4th highest in MLB
  • Opponents have a chase percentage of just 27% (119/441) against Zack Wheeler on sliders since 2019 — 5th lowest in MLB
  • Zack Wheeler has allowed a slugging percentage of just .438 (327 Total Bases / 746 ABs) on pitches in the strike zone since 2019 — 15th best in MLB 

 

Zach Eflin

  • Zach Eflin has a first-pitch strike rate of 67% (638/946) since 2019 — 7th highest in MLB 
  • Opponents have a miss rate of just 23% (68/300) against Zach Eflin on sliders since 2019 — 7th lowest in MLB
  • Zach Eflin has allowed an OPS of .861 (509 PA’s) versus the heart of the order since the start of 2018 — 7th highest in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 310 of Zach Eflin’s 993 fastballs out of the zone (31%) since 2019 — 5th highest in MLB 
  • Zach Eflin has allowed a slugging percentage of .523 (201 Total Bases / 384 ABs) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — 7th highest in MLB 

 

Vince Velasquez

  • Vince Velasquez has allowed a slugging percentage of .539 (110 Total Bases / 204 ABs) on non-fastballs since 2019 — tied for highest in MLB 
  • Vince Velasquez has allowed an OBP of .390 (236 PA’s) versus the heart of the order since 2019 — tied for 6th highest in MLB
  • Opponents are hitting just .151 (23-for-152) against Vince Velasquez’s elevated fastball since 2019 — tied for 8th best in MLB 
  • Hitters have chased 150 of Vince Velasquez’s 439 elevated fastballs out of the zone (34%) since 2019 — 10th highest in MLB
  • Vince Velasquez has thrown fastballs 65% of the time (1,789/2,770) since 2019 — 6th highest in MLB 

 

Matt Moore

 

Spencer Howard

 

 

Projected Bullpen

 

Hector Neris

  • Left-handed hitters have a Well-Hit Avg of just .074 (11/148) against Hector Neris since 2019 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hector Neris has allowed a slugging percentage of just .311 (46 Total Bases / 148 ABs) vs left-handed batters since 2019 — 15th best among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Opponents have a miss rate of 39% (283/735) against Hector Neris since 2019 — 7th best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Hector Neris has allowed a slugging percentage of just .207 (40 Total Bases / 193 ABs) when ahead in the count since 2019 — tied for 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Archie Bradley

  • Archie Bradley has allowed a slugging percentage of just .226 (24 Total Bases / 106 ABs) on non-fastballs since the start of the 2019 season — 12th best among among 149 qualified RPs in MLB
  • Right-handed hitters have a miss rate of just 19% (74/381) against Archie Bradley since the start of the 2019 season — 2nd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Archie Bradley has allowed an OPS of 1.430 (61 PA’s) when he’s behind in the count since the start of the 2019 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Jose Alvarado

  • Jose Alvarado has allowed a slugging percentage of just .083 (7 Total Bases / 84 ABs) on low non-fastballs since the start of 2018 — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jose Alvarado has thrown at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 56% (193/343) of opposing batters since the start of 2018 — 9th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB
  • Jose Alvarado has thrown 70 fastballs at 100+ MPH since the start of 2018 — tied for 11th most among 106 pitchers in MLB
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .061 (8/131) against breaking balls from Jose Alvarado since the start of 2018 — 8th best among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Chase Anderson

  • Chase Anderson has allowed a slugging percentage of .547 (205 Total Bases / 375 ABs) against right-handed batters since the start of the 2019 season — 6th highest in MLB
  • Hitters have chased just 152 of Chase Anderson’s 600 off-speed pitches out of the zone (25%) since the start of the 2019 season — 5th lowest in MLB
  • Hitters have chased 207 of Chase Anderson’s 695 fastballs out of the zone (30%) since the start of the 2019 season — 10th highest in MLB

 

David Hale

 

Seranthony Dominguez

 

Ian Hamilton

 

Ranger Suarez

 

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