WATCH: John Kruk reminds the extremely soft Phillies Postgame Show that there are over 130 games left to be played season

Hand up, I know this is a post about the Phillies Postgame Show from over the weekend and I already tuned out in watching after the my eyeballs bled through 18 miserable innings in the first two games against the Mets this week.

However, I’m sure we got more of the same nonsensical fake outrage from Barkann and Ricky Bottalico on Monday and Tuesday night so the post is still relevant…unfortuantely.

Phillies Postgame Live Show is an absolute Joke lol

Phillies postgame show was objectively hilarious today😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/thAA0QpB6u

— jUSTIN (@metsventpage) April 20, 2025

Ricky Bottalico chimed in too, saying the Phillies “got sucked into a bad team” and should’ve “stepped on somebody’s head.” You’d think they just dropped Game 7 of the NLCS instead of giving up a late lead in April to a team they’d already beaten twice that weekend.

Give that man his Oscar.

Look, we do this every single year with Philadelphia Phillies baseball. The fact of the matter is that we are 24 games into the season. Not 124. Not even 44. It’s April 23rd, and Phillies Twitter is already on fire because the team dropped two straight to the Mets in Queens. Yes, the Mets clearly have the Phillies’ number right now, but newsflash it’s not even May yet and we are over month away from the official start of the Major League Baseball season on June 1st.

Mets clown the Phillies again, 5-1, as Lindor and Torrens keep rolling

This isn’t college football where one bad weekend ends your season. This is baseball. Weird stuff happens. Bullpens collapse. Guys go cold. Your starter exits early with forearm tightness and you’re stuck patching innings together with duct tape and prayers.

The Major League Baseball season is a long grind, and anyone pretending like the season is over because of a loss to the Marlins and Mets in April is doing performance art — not analysis.

A Tradition Unlike Any Other…

Not even May 1st and people are crying about the Phillies like this doesn’t happen every single year. 😂 – Have some dignity. Gonna be a long summer.

— Drew Smith (@drewmsmith) April 23, 2025

Do the Phillies have flaws? Absolutely.

The bullpen is an ongoing mess, Aaron Nola has been allergic to run support and strikeouts, and the outfield depth is thinner than a Wawa hoagie in mid-September. But they’re 13-11 with a top-tier rotation (when healthy), a dangerous lineup, and a manager who — despite what the couch coaches say — generally knows how to steady the ship.

The Mets are playing great baseball right now. Good for them. They’re 17-7 and red-hot at home. Francisco Lindor is on a heater, Pete Alonso is hitting missiles, and their pitching staff hasn’t allowed a home run in two weeks. They’re supposed to win games at home. That doesn’t mean the Phillies are doomed, broken, or spiraling into irrelevance.

If you’re screaming about playoff seeding or demanding Rob Thomson’s job on April 23rd, maybe try going outside or better yet, watch the current Phillies play baseball and take a look at the previous years where, shocker, we got the same exact result.

Looking for a short term goal? Here’s an idea for you. Watch Zack Wheeler on the mound this afternoon in the series finale before you launch into your third fire-and-brimstone group text of the week.

And look, the bullpen is a problem. Nobody’s denying that.

Jordan Romano is giving up bombs like he’s in a home run derby, Kerkering hasn’t figured it out yet, and every other guy outside of Alvarado and Strahm seems allergic to clean innings. But the idea that this game will somehow be the butterfly effect that derails the entire season? That’s just performative nonsense.

Thankfully, John Kruk is still out here being the voice of reason. His response was simple, perfect, and should be printed on a billboard outside Citizens Bank Park:

John Kruk: “Time to sound the alarm”(lol)

After another loss on Tuesday, Michael Barkann asked John Kruk if it's "time to sound the alarm."

Kruk: I don't know how you make up 3 games with 130 games left, 130-something games left. It's gonna be tough when the season's winding down like it is." https://t.co/ah94gusLZB pic.twitter.com/FP4cqgejoX

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) April 23, 2025

We’ll revisit this panic party in late-August and early-September. Until then, enjoy the ride — or at least pretend like you’ve watched a full baseball season before.

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