Baseball

Predicting the 2020 Philadelphia Phillies

by
Peter Snyder
March 5, 2020

As we begin to prepare for the commencement of spring, it is only fair that we start talking about Phillies baseball. The boys of summer are currently down in Clearwater and are just 22 days away from embarking on their 162 game journey. To get you ready for the season, I figured that it would be a good idea to predict the season’s outcome for all 26 men on the Phillies (projected) opening day roster. Along with that, I will be predicting the Phillies overall record for the 2020 season as well as determining on whether or not I believe the Phillies are a playoff team.

Infielders

Infielders	G	BA	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	OBP
1B – Rhys Hoskins	159	.258	90	146	33	105	94	.373
2B – Scott Kingery	156	.273	70	160	22	80	53	.350
SS – Didi Gregorius	149	.268	69	158	25	87	39	.329
3B – Jean Segura	151	.307	88	180	10	61	31	.336
UTL – Neil Walker	70	.235	12	34	4	11	8	.299
UTL – Josh Harrison	78	.250	20	45	2	10	10	.305

Catchers

Catchers	G	BA	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	OBP
J.T. Realmuto	140	.278	98	153	28	90	46	.336
Andrew Knapp	84	.205	10	31	3	6	22	.317

Outfielders

Outfielders	G	BA	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	OBP
Bryce Harper	158	.276	100	156	42	117	106	.397
Jay Bruce	77	.238	29	59	14	38	18	.306
Adam Haseley	138	.258	43	94	13	35	36	.320
Roman Quinn	79	.250	36	66	4	28	18	.308
Andrew McCutchen	138	.272	80	105	22	69	76	.375

** McCutchen will not be ready for opening day

Starting Rotation

Starting Rotation	W-L	ERA	BB	GS	SO	IP	WHIP	HR/9
Aaron Nola	16-7	2.90	62	34	235	207.4	0.988	0.9
Zack Wheeler	12-8	3.82	53	31	187	183.0	1.200	1.1
Jake Arrieta	10-8	4.21	63	30	169	173.1	1.292	1.3
Zach Eflin	9-11	4.50	45	27	125	163.0	1.324	1.3
Nick Pivetta	6-7	3.92	40	18	120	116.0	1.393	1.7

Bullpen

Bullpen	W-L	IP	SV	ERA	BB	HR/9	SO	GP
Closer – Héctor Neris	5-2	70.2	34	2.78	23	1.1	72	71
SU – Seranthony Domínguez	3-2	59.0	2	3.63	16	0.7	42	52
José Álvarez	4-3	63.0	0	3.69	19	1.2	60	70
Adam Morgan	2-2	51.1	0	3.61	14	1.1	48	57
Ranger Suárez	5-2	57.2	0	4.14	21	1.5	53	63
Vince Velasquez	7-9	99.1	0	4.31	38	1.7	103	54
Francisco Liriano	4-4	68.0	0	5.26	29	1.3	52	73
Anthony Swarzak	3-2	56.0	0	4.51	22	1.6	56	61