Mark Feinsand

Well, it's a good place to start.

As I am in Philadelphia, I've been at the ballpark the last two days.

You know, a couple things.

It's easy to look at the managerial change and say, oh, a little kick in the pants for the team.

That's all well and good.

Let's look at where the Phillies were when they started this season.

They had a 10-game losing streak that looked like their season was just going to go into oblivion.

That 10-game streak came against the Braves, who have been the best team in the game, and the Cubs, who have been among the best teams in the game.

All 10 of those games were against the Braves and the Cubs.

So one of the first things that happened for the Phillies is they stopped having to play the Brazen Cubs every day.

Now, that said, they also got Zach Wheeler back.

He's been their ace for several years, and getting him back into the rotation certainly helped.

Since he came back... Zach Wheeler and Alan Nola.

Yeah.

And they've got Christopher Sanchez, who has the best ERA in baseball.

In the American League, in the National League, rather.

Since...

Since Wheeler came back on April 25th, the Phillies' rotation is a .322 ERA, and hitters are hitting .232 against them.

Before that, those numbers were .568 and .310.

So you don't have to look very far to figure out how they've turned things around.