Phillies fan mood — May 25, 2026
46
Uneasy
▼ 11 PTS VS. 30-DAY BASELINE (57)
01 · Trend
The last 30 days
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02 · The vibe
How Philly felt about the Phillies, that day
Fans are dazzled by arguably the best pitching duo in franchise history but growing genuinely alarmed that a historically inept offense keeps squandering it, with the West Coast trip looming as a critical test.
03 · The count
The scoring dimensions
Dimension
Score
Score
Confidence
Results satisfaction
32↓ 42
conf 82
Pitching confidence
88
conf 95
Lineup confidence
28↓ 34
conf 88
Health outlook
62↓ 10
conf 50
Manager confidence
42↓ 10
conf 52
Front-office trust
30↓ 38
conf 58
Postseason belief
30↓ 22
conf 60
04 · Ask the crowdOne question.
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.
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05 · Cheers & groans
What was working and what was not
-7
Elite Pitching Wasted by a Silent Offense
The starting staff posted a 0.70 combined ERA in May and went 20-plus innings allowing 2 earned runs in the Cleveland series — and the team still went 1-2. Scoring four total runs in a three-game home series has become a defining crisis.
+9
Sanchez and Wheeler Ascending to Historic Territory
With a combined ERA under one for most of May and a scoreless-inning streak approaching a Phillies record, the two aces are being seriously compared to Halladay and Lee as the greatest pitching duo in franchise history.
-8
Right-Handed Lineup a Black Hole
Turner, Garcia, Bohm, Realmuto, and Sosa are all hitting below .225. The inability to produce from the right side — especially against left-handed pitching — has become the team's single biggest structural flaw, with a trade-deadline fix seen as unavoidable but complicated.
-6
Aaron Nola's Future in the Rotation in Question
With an ERA back over six and nothing working — not the fastball velocity, not the pitch mix, not pitching backwards — serious suggestions have emerged about moving him to the bullpen, invoking the John Smoltz post-surgery conversion as a template.
+4
Painter Turning a Corner, but Stakes Are High
Three consecutive solid starts, pitching backwards with an improving splitter, have generated genuine optimism about Andrew Painter developing into a reliable fourth starter — critical insurance given the questions around the rest of the rotation.
06 · In the air
Hot takes from fans, journalists, and loudmouths
*As read by Phan-o-meter
R/PHILLIES · AGGREGATE
r/phillies match thread raw frustration: wasted elite pitching, RISP failures, Trea Turner slump, Garcia automatic out — punctuated by genuine joy over Sanchez and Painter's growth.
r/phillies, aggregate readscore 28
R/PHILLIES
SP in this series went 20.1 innings, 2 ER. 1-2 in those games. Yikes.
r/phillies game thread post-seriesscore 15
R/PHILLIES
Facing a left handed pitcher should not be an automatic loss for a $300m dollar team
r/phillies post-game threadscore 12
If they stay healthy, Wheeler as good as he is, Sanchez as good as he is, and seemingly getting better, yeah, they could be both 8-plus war.
Podcastscore 90
I would at the trade deadline get another starter, put that starter in the rotation, put Nola in the bullpen and say, let loose and see if this guy can pitch out of the bullpen.
Podcastscore 28
Phillies Therapy (recorded during the Pittsburgh sweep) is the most optimistic voice — crediting star players for engineering the turnaround and contextualizing remaining holes without minimizing them.
Beat writerscore 62
Hittin' Season and Phillies Talk split between effusive praise for Sanchez/Wheeler as potentially the best 1-2 in franchise history, and sober alarm about the right-handed offensive black hole and Nola's regression.
Fan analystscore 52
Talk-radio host (WIP) floated moving Nola to the bullpen as a serious proposal, and expressed more long-term than near-term confidence, signaling real concern about the current roster ceiling.
Talk radioscore 33
07 · At the gate
Attendance
Recent gate, 14-day window
88.5%
-8.5pp vs. 97.0% baseline · 2025 same-calendar-window
Fans are voting with their feet
Sentiment is what people say; the gate is what they do. Capacity is 42,901 at Citizens Bank Park; the baseline compares against 40 games from last year's same calendar window.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | % Cap. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY 24 SUN | vs. CLE | L 1-3 | 37,808 | 88.1% |
| MAY 23 SAT | vs. CLE | W 3-0 | 36,125 | 84.2% |
| MAY 22 FRI | vs. CLE | L 0-1 | 38,092 | 88.8% |
| MAY 20 WED | vs. CIN | L 4-9 | 38,222 | 89.1% |
| MAY 19 TUE | vs. CIN | L 1-4 | 37,527 | 87.5% |
| MAY 18 MON | vs. CIN | W 5-4 | 40,065 | 93.4% |