3 Players the Phillies will likely move on from in 2022

The Philadelphia Phillies had been hotter than black leather car seats in the summer sun coming into this weekend series against the Marlins, but again failed to gain ground as their Miami struggles continued.

This series once again threw into sharp focus the problems that have prevented the Phillies from staying at the top of the division. There are quite a few players on the roster who have only hurt the Phillies’ chances at a postseason berth, and who the Phillies should and will likely say goodbye to when their contracts expire at the end of the season.

Here are three players who should be wearing some other team’s uniform in 2022.

Archie Bradley shouldn’t be on the Phillies in 2022

There’s definitely some recency bias here, as Archie Bradley certainly hasn’t been the Phillies’ worst bullpen arm this year.

But he is having his worst season since the early years of his career, with the highest ERA (3.83) he’s had since 2016 (5.02). And he’s the sole reason the Phillies did not win this Marlins, at least from a pitching standpoint.

In the eighth inning of Saturday’s game, the Phillies were leading 2-0. A two-run lead is dangerous for the Phillies, but it’s all they could manage against their fifth-place division rival.

Bradley allowed three runs, including the go-ahead two-run opposite-field homer to Lewis Brinson that cemented the final score. He had allowed nine earned runs over his last eight innings of work before making a much-needed scoreless appearance on Sunday.

Bradley has pitched in 46 games for the Phillies, and as the ERA suggests, has been moderately effective for them. But with a considerable amount of money coming off the Phillies’ books after this season and the fact that ownership is finally willing to exceed the luxury tax threshold (though they didn’t at the trade deadline), Dave Dombrowski will likely go after bigger fish.