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Bi-Weekly Report Card: The Bench is Rounding into Form

The Phillies are starting to get hot at the right time in August, which has offered a completely different idea of what this team was going to be.

Through the first four months of the season, the Phillies ranked 21 in home runs with 113, only just one better than the Milwaukee Brewers. They ranked 17 in runs with 474, five less than the San Francisco Giants.

This included a Bryce Harper with very little power, Trea Turner having a disastrous start to his Phillies tenure, and a disappointing Kyle Schwarber.