Philadelphia Phillies Team report

Automated SABRhood research report for the Philadelphia Phillies.
SABRhood team report

Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies ranks 10th in run generation and 8th in pitching performance, with a taxed bullpen and 1 recent risers.

League intelligence# 8 63.5 index
Run generation#10
Composite score 57.9
Pitching#8
Composite score 69.0
Recent play#21
1 recent risers
Bullpen readiness#25
Current state taxed
Roster construction

Where this club creates, and loses, WAR

Players are split by position and total WAR is calculated; the green border indicates a club is top-ten in positional WAR, the red border indicates a bottom-ten club.

Best value pocketsDesignated hitter / Starting pitchingClearest upgrade lanesFirst base / Third base
CNeed

Catcher

0.5WAR#25 of 30
Top valueJ.T. Realmuto1.0 WAR
1BNeed

First base

-0.4WAR#28 of 30
Top valueFelix Reyes-0.4 WAR
2BMiddle

Second base

2.0WAR#13 of 30
Top valueBryson Stott2.2 WAR
3BNeed

Third base

-1.3WAR#28 of 29
Top valueEdmundo Sosa-0.3 WAR
SSMiddle

Shortstop

1.1WAR#18 of 28
Top valueTrea Turner1.1 WAR
OFNeed

Outfield

2.9WAR#22 of 30
Top valueBryce Harper2.0 WAR
DHStrength

Designated hitter

2.5WAR#3 of 20
Top valueKyle Schwarber2.5 WAR
SPStrength

Starting pitching

11.2WAR#5 of 30
Top valueCristopher Sánchez4.6 WAR
RPStrength

Relief pitching

4.2WAR#5 of 30
Top valueJhoan Duran1.9 WAR
Broadcast three

Water cooler notes

Three concise, evidence-linked notes to start a broadcast conversation.

  1. 1
    team identity

    Philadelphia Phillies’s analytical identity

    Philadelphia Phillies ranks 10th in run generation and 8th in pitching performance, with a taxed bullpen and 1 recent risers.

  2. 2
    form driver

    Chase Shugart is the strongest recent pitcher signal

    Recent OPS allowed 0.206 versus 0.792 previously.

  3. 3
    matchup edge

    Cristopher Sánchez is limiting left-handed batters more effectively

    Estimated wOBA: 0.171 vs L, 0.330 vs R.

Why it changed

Player movement with league context attached

The recent-window shift and the full-season league standing are separate, so a surge never floats free of the player’s actual level.

Pitcher change profile

Chase Shugart

Philadelphia Phillies | RHP

34.6
Season BF212OPS allowed0.734Est. wOBA allowed0.310Samplemoderate
Biggest changeestimated wOBA allowed +2.36 z

Estimated wOBA allowed is the largest recent shift: improving by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS allowed34th
0.734
Est. wOBA allowed44th
0.310
Strikeout rate75th
25.9%
Walk rate allowed38th
9.0%
Hard-hit rate allowed81st
33.6%
Run value allowed / PA34th
0.008
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS allowed+2.24 z
Recent 0.206 baseline 0.792
Est. wOBA allowed+2.36 z
Recent 0.092 baseline 0.334
Strikeout rate-2.32 z
Recent 9.5% baseline 27.7%
Walk rate allowed+0.84 z
Recent 4.8% baseline 9.4%
Hard-hit rate allowed+1.18 z
Recent 22.2% baseline 35.3%
Run value allowed / PA+1.26 z
Recent -0.099 baseline 0.020
Broadcast read: Estimated wOBA allowed is the largest recent shift: improving by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile. Recent sample: 21 BF; prior sample: 191 BF.
Pitcher change profile

Orion Kerkering

Philadelphia Phillies | RHP

34.4
Season BF267OPS allowed0.707Est. wOBA allowed0.316Samplestrong
Biggest changerun value allowed per PA -2.29 z

Run value allowed per PA is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.3 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 20th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS allowed47th
0.707
Est. wOBA allowed35th
0.316
Strikeout rate60th
23.6%
Walk rate allowed7th
12.4%
Hard-hit rate allowed92nd
31.1%
Run value allowed / PA20th
0.026
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS allowed-1.62 z
Recent 1.139 baseline 0.664
Est. wOBA allowed-1.73 z
Recent 0.494 baseline 0.297
Strikeout rate+0.09 z
Recent 24.0% baseline 23.6%
Walk rate allowed-1.68 z
Recent 20.0% baseline 11.6%
Hard-hit rate allowed0.00 z
Recent 30.8% baseline 31.1%
Run value allowed / PA-2.29 z
Recent 0.247 baseline 0.003
Broadcast read: Run value allowed per PA is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.3 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 20th percentile. Recent sample: 25 BF; prior sample: 242 BF.
Team highs

The category leaders inside this clubhouse

Familiar production now sits beside tracked force: 100+ mph contact and pitches are shown as both totals and opportunity rates.

Club contact

100+ mph batted balls

Tracked-contact season total

  1. 1Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies120
  2. 2Alec BohmPhiladelphia Phillies118
  3. 3Bryce HarperPhiladelphia Phillies116
  4. 4Brandon MarshPhiladelphia Phillies96
  5. 5Trea TurnerPhiladelphia Phillies95
Club contact

100+ mph contact rate

Minimum 30 tracked batted balls

  1. 1Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies34.5%
  2. 2Adolis GarcíaPhiladelphia Phillies29.3%
  3. 3Gabriel Rincones Jr.Philadelphia Phillies28.3%
  4. 4Bryce HarperPhiladelphia Phillies27.8%
  5. 5Brandon MarshPhiladelphia Phillies25.4%
Club velocity

Pitches at 100+ mph

Across every pitch type

  1. 1Jhoan DuranPhiladelphia Phillies173
  2. 2Alex McFarlanePhiladelphia Phillies68
  3. 3José AlvaradoPhiladelphia Phillies12
  4. 4Jonathan BowlanPhiladelphia Phillies1
  5. 5Orion KerkeringPhiladelphia Phillies0
Club velocity

100+ mph pitch rate

Minimum 100 tracked pitches

  1. 1Alex McFarlanePhiladelphia Phillies28.1%
  2. 2Jhoan DuranPhiladelphia Phillies19.3%
  3. 3José AlvaradoPhiladelphia Phillies1.1%
  4. 4Jonathan BowlanPhiladelphia Phillies0.1%
  5. 5Orion KerkeringPhiladelphia Phillies0.0%
Club offense

Batting average

Best qualified contact results

  1. 1Luis ArraezPhiladelphia Phillies0.312
  2. 2Bryce HarperPhiladelphia Phillies0.271
  3. 3Justin CrawfordPhiladelphia Phillies0.265
  4. 4Brandon MarshPhiladelphia Phillies0.260
  5. 5Alec BohmPhiladelphia Phillies0.250
Club offense

Home runs

The club power board

  1. 1Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies45
  2. 2Bryce HarperPhiladelphia Phillies28
  3. 3Trea TurnerPhiladelphia Phillies19
  4. 4Brandon MarshPhiladelphia Phillies17
  5. 5Alec BohmPhiladelphia Phillies15
Club offense

OPS

On-base and slugging production

  1. 1Bryce HarperPhiladelphia Phillies0.870
  2. 2Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies0.860
  3. 3Luis ArraezPhiladelphia Phillies0.768
  4. 4Derek HillPhiladelphia Phillies0.748
  5. 5Bryson StottPhiladelphia Phillies0.711
Club pitching

Strikeouts

Total batters finished by strikeout

  1. 1Jesús LuzardoPhiladelphia Phillies221
  2. 2Cristopher SánchezPhiladelphia Phillies221
  3. 3Zack WheelerPhiladelphia Phillies177
  4. 4Aaron NolaPhiladelphia Phillies169
  5. 5Andrew PainterPhiladelphia Phillies107
Club pitching

Strikeout rate

Strikeouts per batter faced

  1. 1Jhoan DuranPhiladelphia Phillies35.3%
  2. 2Jonathan BowlanPhiladelphia Phillies31.5%
  3. 3Jesús LuzardoPhiladelphia Phillies30.3%
  4. 4Zack WheelerPhiladelphia Phillies29.5%
  5. 5Caleb KilianPhiladelphia Phillies27.1%
Club pitching

Lowest OPS allowed

Qualified opponent production

  1. 1Jhoan DuranPhiladelphia Phillies0.551
  2. 2Jesús LuzardoPhiladelphia Phillies0.610
  3. 3Jonathan BowlanPhiladelphia Phillies0.613
  4. 4Zack WheelerPhiladelphia Phillies0.632
  5. 5Tim MayzaPhiladelphia Phillies0.641
Ace-in-the-Hole

The staff ace’s complete arsenal

The highest-WAR qualified starter leads the card. Every tracked offering is shown with usage, pitch traits, outcomes, and same-pitch MLB percentiles.

Staff ace · LHP

Cristopher Sánchez

144.2 IP · 2.61 ERA · 4.6 WAR

3,058 tracked pitches
Pitch Use Velo Whiff Chase Zone Putaway Hard hit
SinkerSI · 1,358 pitches 44.4% 95.063rd pct 10.9%48th pct 24.3%43rd pct 60.0%78th pct 0.0%100th pct 53.2%8th pct
ChangeupCH · 1,127 pitches 36.9% 87.058th pct 43.3%95th pct 43.0%86th pct 32.1%27th pct 0.0%100th pct 28.2%61st pct
SliderSL · 573 pitches 18.7% 86.343rd pct 40.4%87th pct 39.9%86th pct 44.9%57th pct 0.0%100th pct 28.7%77th pct
Percentiles compare each pitch only with the same MLB pitch type and a minimum 50-pitch peer sample. Hard-hit percentile is reversed so a higher percentile is better.
Matchup intelligence

The largest qualified handedness edges

pitcher edge87.2

Cristopher Sánchez

Philadelphia Phillies

Cristopher Sánchez is limiting left-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.171
vs R0.330

Estimated wOBA: 0.171 vs L, 0.330 vs R.

hitter edge86.7

Bryce Harper

Philadelphia Phillies

Bryce Harper is doing more damage against right-handed pitching

vs L0.300
vs R0.420

Estimated wOBA: 0.300 vs L, 0.420 vs R.

pitcher edge83.7

Jesús Luzardo

Philadelphia Phillies

Jesús Luzardo is limiting left-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.172
vs R0.301

Estimated wOBA: 0.172 vs L, 0.301 vs R.

Bullpen decision board

Best available matchup for either side

The board now shows only the highest-ranked active reliever against a left-handed hitter and a right-handed hitter. Workload availability, role, season performance, and handedness all remain visible.

Left-handed batter84.2

Brooks Raley

LHP · available · 2 days rest

Availability87.8%Matchup100.0%Performance56.2%
Right-handed batter87.6

Jhoan Duran

RHP · available · 4 days rest

Availability100.0%Matchup70.0%Performance74.5%
Story leads

Team Headlines

Subject Reporting lead Score
Kyle Schwarber Kyle Schwarber is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 92.5
Bryce Harper Bryce Harper is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 92.1
Jesús Luzardo Jesús Luzardo is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 87.2
Zack Wheeler Zack Wheeler is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 83.4
Cristopher Sánchez Cristopher Sánchez’s Changeup: 87.0 mph, 43.3% whiffs 83.2
Jhoan Duran Jhoan Duran is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 82.4
Research status: this automated report is a reporting foundation, not a finished scouting report. Active rosters are date-stamped; injuries, same-day transactions, probable pitchers, and opponent context still require pregame confirmation.