The losses are starting to take a toll on the Phillies as frustration is beginning to show in the clubhouse. Manager Pete Mackanin has had to take a stand.
After their loss Monday afternoon, the Phillies record has fallen to a miserable 24-51. They are easily the worst team in baseball with little hope left for the season. Such a large accumulation of losses is taking a toll on the team.
Shortstop Freddy Galvis is often viewed as one of the team’s leaders. He is the longest-tenured Phillie on the team and is a bona fide old-timer at 27 years old. The losses have frustrated Galvis, and he shared that frustration with reporters after Monday’s loss:
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"“It’s hard,” the shortstop said. “It’s hard to see it. It’s hard to believe it. [Expletive] it. We have to [expletive] play harder every single day. We have to try to do better…“We lose one, then we lose another one, and then it just keeps going and keeps going. For us, we have to have the same mentality every single day. Just try to win.“It’s not what you do in the clubhouse or what you talk, it’s what you do outside. That’s when you have to step up and do your best.“I mean, we’re losing, we’re losing, we’re losing and I don’t see any change so far,” Galvis said. “I don’t see any change so far. If you get used to it, we’re [doomed]. We have to have a different mentality every time we come here. We have to try to win. We have to try to fight for nine innings and 27 outs.”"
Galvis is right on target with the winning mentality. When players lose the winning mindset, mistakes rack up, which only make the losses even more frustrating.
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Manager Pete Mackanin has had to crack down on those mistakes. Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly reported that Mackanin fine Odubel Herrera an undisclosed amount Sunday morning. Salisbury pointed out that manager fines are usually a couple hundred dollars and go to charity, so its not like the money is vanishing or going back to the team.
The fine stemmed from Saturday’s loss to the Diamondbacks. Herrera reached first base with two outs and Philadelphia trailing Arizona 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning. Mackanin had the red light on Herrera, yet he tried stealing second anyway.
He was caught after a pickoff by Robbie Ray, ending the inning. The blatant disregard of Mackanin’s instructions is what caused the fine.
It wasn’t the first time Herrera lacked focus either. He ran through a stop sign and was thrown out at home and was picked off at third base on separate occasions. He struck out three times in Monday’s loss, failing to try and reach first on a dropped third strike in the first inning.
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As the mistakes rack up and the frustration continues to build, the Phillies will continue to plummet. Mackanin will do his best to try and crack down on those mistakes, but it falls to the players to go and turn this season around.