26 Philadelphia Phillies (Sánchez, C) @ San Francisco Giants (Ray)

andyb 2026-04-08 16:36:49 UTC #101

Kemp has all of his options so I don't think using one this year to help him recover his stroke and learn to play a better LF is a bad thing. He just may not be suited that well to a platoon role like Sosa and unlike Sosa he does not help defensively.

zambonir 2026-04-08 17:27:02 UTC #102

There is a tendency to look at the trees rather than the forest this early. If Kemp stays this bad they could also just give Marsh some of those extra chances they always say they're going to. Stott, Bohm, Turner, even Harper much bigger issues than Kemp or Garcia overall. Schwarber's also back to 2023 levels for now.

zambonir 2026-04-08 17:38:20 UTC #103

One assumes some of this will normalize. It is Bohm, Turner and Garcia who really have to deliver.

While Schwarber is off to a really slow start (.461 OPS, .150 AVG) against (LHP), it is the Phils’ right-handed batters that are dragging their production down. Adolis Garcis is hitting only .200/.200/.200 in 10 PAs, Kemp is batting .143/.205/.143 in eight PAs, Turner’s slash line is an obscene .059/.158/.118, and Realmuto has yet to get a hit off a left-hander in just four plate appearances.