The Phillies have lots of reasons to worry.
The $10 million closer's done, and the backup closer's hurt. The MVP is still out, the home run leader still can't play in the field, and the center fielder's left leg remains infirm. The two aces, Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, got hammered in their last three combined outings, all against the Mets, against whom the Phillies are 0-9 in their starts this season. The Mets went 14-5 against the Phillies this season, the last win a deflating, ninth-inning comeback Sunday that flipped the script the Phillies had written in the eighth. It gave the Mets a third win in four grueling games over three days, the start of a dog-days stretch of 14 games in 13 days.
Don't worry. These Phillies are primed for a late-summer run.
