4 questions about Phillies Outfield – Philly Sports

We are a week in March, which means that the baseball of the regular season is almost over us.

Going in season, was the field that attracts the most questions for the club. After having an average group in 2024, Phils had to see improvements from this group in 2025. Phillies will enter the season with two daily beginners: Max Kepler to the left and Nick Castellanos to the right. As it is, the central field will be driven by a platoon of Johan Rojas and Brandon Marsh.

Today, we break down the biggest questions around every outfielder.

Phillies Outfield

How will Max Kepler do against the left pitching?

Phillies signed Max Kepler to solve his biggest problem: hitting left. They tried every year to find a corner outfielder to be able to hit the left. They thought they found it in Austin Hays Term and, for several reasons, did not work.

Kepler is not known to be a strength against the left, but his line against left-handed pitching was one of his best career. Hit .273/.305/.416/.720 with a pair of home rounds, 10 RBI and 19 attacks. Nick Castellanos was the only outfielder on Phillies with better statistics against the left pitching.

If he can bring this to the Phillies line in 2025, he will go a long way to help Phillies to defend his crown NL East.

Can Johan Rojas find his cradle?

Johan Rojas is the best defensive outfielder that I saw on a Phillies uniform in the nearly 27 years of life. Rojas was in the 93rd percentile in the action range, 97th percentage worth arm and 92 in the force of the arm in 2024. Its defense was never a question, especially in the minor leagues.

The question has always been the crime When it comes to Johan.

In 2024, he was in the fifth percent of the average output speed, the fourth percentage of barrel, the sixth percentile in the harsh percentage, the tenth percentage and the third percentage. Hit .243/.279/.322/.601 with 32 RBI and three rounds at home. Unfortunately, it will be Plotooning Center with Brandon Marsh, so the opportunities of what could be considered “proven” will be much less than they would like.

Will Brandon Marsh reduce in attacks?

Brandon Marsh has an attack issue. Like Rojas, his defense is among the best in the current Phillies list.

32.4% K% was the worst in Phillies and in the third percent of Major League Baseball last season. He ended season 2024 with 154 attacks and 104 strokes. He tends to hit on high and outer or down pits and inside. Marsh and Rojas have a lot of similarities this season, one of them apparently in their “proven” years. Unfortunately, he gets together to play every game to prove. There will be opportunities in which they are on the ground together, but not as much as in 2024.

If Marsh can accelerate his lilac (a statistics that he ranked in the 52nd percentile in the last season), he will go a long way to prevent attacks and scoring running.

Will Nick Castellanos put on the outer ground?

Nick Castellanos had a Phillies Coaster mandate. His inaugural season with the club was unpleasant, followed by an All-Star season in 2023. Castellanos’s biggest problem has always followed land outside the attack area. Him 37.8% tracking percentage He was in the fifth percentage in all the major baseball. It is an improvement compared to 2023, where it was in the second percentage, but it is still an obvious problem.

The theme for the land is offensive. The crime is what has been completely broken and failed in postsezon. They didn’t do much to solve the problem in offseason, showing confidence in the band to repair it and make another running for the final prize.

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