Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Philadelphia Phillies

• Recommend0
• Tweet0
• Email

Insider's series on MLB teams that are done for the year continues with the Philadelphia Phillies, who didn't repeat despite taking Game 1 of the World Series on the gem hurled by Cliff Lee. So with the futures of Brad Lidge and Cole Hamels unclear -- what now?

Baseball Prospectus' preseason PECOTA projection: 87-75, T-second place, NL East
Actual record: 93-69, first place, NL East

The Phillies have a ton of question marks, but their core talent should keep them above water in what figures to be a highly-competitive NL East next year.

To see the takes of Buster Olney, Baseball Prospectus, Kevin Goldstein's prospect analysis and Rumor Central on what went wrong for the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies and what that means for 2010, you must be an ESPN Insider.

• Recommend0
• Tweet0
• Email
• Subscribe