Phillies fan mood — April 21, 2026

Not Again

▼ 14 PTS VS. 30-DAY BASELINE (36)

01 · Trend

The last 30 days

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02 · The vibe

How Philly felt about the Phillies, that day

Every voice present is in deep distress — this is one of the most uniformly negative sentiment snapshots possible, driven by a six-game losing streak, a home sweep by the Braves, and historically ugly offensive numbers.

03 · The count

The scoring dimensions

Dimension

Score

Confidence

Results satisfaction

conf 95

Pitching confidence

35↓ 7

conf 75

Lineup confidence

15↓ 3

conf 95

Health outlook

30↑ 2

conf 70

Manager confidence

28↓ 7

conf 88

Front-office trust

22↓ 10

conf 80

Postseason belief

32↓ 1

conf 72

04 · Ask the crowd

One question.
One answer.

Ask the bot about how the mood has shifted this season. Phan-o-meter will give you a straight answer based on all the grumbling it's heard.

For instance

05 · Cheers & groans

What was working and what was not

-9

Historically bad offensive production

Bottom five hitters carry a combined OPS of 576; team has fewer plate appearances with runners in scoring position than any club in baseball and only four hits with the bases loaded all season.

-6

Manager hot seat intensifying

Ken Rosenthal's hot-seat piece naming Rob Thompson circulated widely; hosts debated whether a managerial change would help, with most concluding it would be cosmetic but possibly inevitable if struggles continue past Memorial Day.

-7

Dombrowski roster construction under fire

Talk-radio host and fan analysts alike pointed to the GM as the primary culprit — locked-in long-term contracts, a thin outfield, and an inability to move Bohm or Stott leave the team with almost no levers to pull.

Felix Reyes debut as brief spark

Reyes homering off Chris Sale in his first major-league plate appearance was the lone genuine feel-good moment of the homestand, though the team immediately surrendered the lead and failed to build on the momentum.

-5

Health concerns compounding the hole

JT Realmuto nursing a foot and back issue, John Duran on the IL with an oblique strain, and Zach Wheeler returning with a fastball sitting 90-92 mph all added injury anxiety on top of an already struggling roster.

06 · In the air

Hot takes from fans, journalists, and loudmouths

*As read by Phan-o-meter

talk-radio host, WIP High Hopes post-game reaction

I've gotten to the point where I don't know how they're going to win a baseball game.

Podcastscore 5

beat writer, Phillies Therapy episode 21 games in

This is now a certifiably bad start. And there isn't a whole lot that I can or will say to try and pick a lot of folks up out of it because it's legitimately bad at this point.

Podcastscore 12

Kyle Schwarber audio played on Hittin' Season, representing the player-facing counter-narrative

It's inevitable. At some point, it's going to change. We all believe in ourselves at the end of the day.

Podcastscore 55

talk-radio host, WIP High Hopes broader season-outlook segment

If this thing goes haywire and it keeps trending down, is Middleton going to be able to be objective enough to say, hey Dave, thank you for what you've done, but it's time to move you to a senior advisor role?

Podcastscore 18

Matt Gelb, Phillies Therapy

Calm but unflinching — describes an 8-13 start as objectively the worst in a decade, sees no real levers to pull, and gives the roster roughly a month before bigger decisions must be made.

Beat writerscore 30

Hittin’ Season, podcast

Fan analystscore 28

WIP Daily, 94WIP

Most despairing voice in the batch — six-game losing streak, worst run differential in baseball, Dombrowski blamed as primary culprit, and open speculation that 2026 could be a season from hell.

Talk radioscore 12

07 · At the gate

Attendance

Recent gate, 14-day window

93.5%

-2.6pp vs. 96.0% baseline · 2025 same-calendar-window

Sentiment is what people say; the gate is what they do. Capacity is 42,901 at Citizens Bank Park; the baseline compares against 31 games from last year's same calendar window.

Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance	% Cap.
APR 19 SUN	vs. ATL	L 2-4	36,806	85.8%
APR 18 SAT	vs. ATL	L 1-3	43,423	101.2%
APR 17 FRI	vs. ATL	L 0-9	43,048	100.3%
APR 15 WED	vs. CHC	L 2-11	38,254	89.2%
APR 14 TUE	vs. CHC	L 4-10	37,426	87.2%
APR 13 MON	vs. CHC	W 13-7	36,045	84.0%
APR 12 SUN	vs. AZ	L 3-4	43,060	100.4%
APR 11 SAT	vs. AZ	W 4-3	41,201	96.0%
APR 10 FRI	vs. AZ	L 4-5	41,683	97.2%