‘Trying to do too much' — Harper, Thomson on the Phillies' offensive skid
Rob Thomson and Bryce Harper shared their thoughts on the Phillies' offense after their second straight shutout loss to the Giants.
'Trying to do too much' — Harper, Thomson on the Phillies' offensive skid originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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Is, is there anything common in the at-bats that you've seen?
Pull side ground balls.
A- a- and what- 10 pull side ground-ball outs.
Yeah, right.
You gotta use the field.
just- Is that just guys trying to do too much or- I think so.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think so.
You guys haven't You have waxed your base hit, I think, in the last two days.
Yeah.
Do you think that gets into guys' heads?
yeah, I think they're trying to do too much.
No doubt.
It's You know, they're frustrated and, you know, we're just going through one of those times.
We'll come out of it, but, you know, it's frustrating.
You know, 12 games in, how do you balance it, the, you know, from overreacting or underreacting to, you know, what you see from, from your offense?
Yeah, I, I think you just gotta stay the course.
You know, these guys are gonna hit.
It's just a matter of time, and we're just going through a dry spell.
And we haven't really hit all that much the entire season, to, to be honest.
But they're gonna hit at some point.
Yeah, 'cause I mean, I think, think, think some people might wonder about, like, you know, the personnel or whatever, just not being able to do it, but that's- That's Yeah.
I trust these guys.
Why are you confident that this offense can, you know, be a top 10 offense this season?
I mean, what When you look and see the personnel in the room, what is it?
I think it's just we have to be, right?
Like, I mean, that's, that's what it is.
I mean, we, we have to, we have to do it.
I don't, I don't have any other answer for you besides that we have to do it, and we gotta be that team, 'cause if we're not, then, you know, we're not gonna be where we wanna be at the end.
So, you know, myself and everybody in here, we gotta have better at-bats and, play better, all the things.
So everything that you guys all see, obviously we're gonna get better at, and, we know all those things, so, gotta turn the page and have a good off, off day tomorrow and, and get ready at home.
