Phillies Are Lucky to Not Be at Bottom of Moneyball Rankings

Phillies Are Lucky to Not Be at Bottom of Moneyball Rankings

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The Philadelphia Phillies have a lot of work to do with their roster this offseason.

Dave Dombrowski has to navigate an aging core that anchors a top-heavy roster that is filled with big-name players who fell short of expectations this past season. It has led to the team being near the bottom of the Moneyball rankings put together by Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report.

An ode to the Oakland Athletics, who had a movie made based on their process of roster building, Rueter’s list takes into account how much value teams are pulling out of the players on their roster with the formula of “(2026 WAR x 8) - 2026 salary = 2026 net value” for each team.

In that regard, the Phillies are not doing well. They came in at No. 27 with a net value of only $4.1 million. The only teams that were worse are the New York Mets at -$90.1 million; the Toronto Blue Jays at -$44.8 million; and the San Francisco Giants at -$29.2 million.

Phillies need more players to step up in 2027

Philadelphia is incredibly lucky to not occupy the cellar of these rankings because they have three All-Stars who are dominating in the best values: left-han...