The Phillies took 28-year old righty swinging infielder Michael Martinez over the winter in the Rule 5 Draft away from the division rival Washington Nationals. They didn’t expect him to play much for them in 2011, but injuries have dictated otherwise. Martinez has played in 66 games for the Phillies so far this year and he is 33 for 155 (.213 avg, .550 OPS) with 19 runs scored, 2 homers, 20 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The Phillies really need Martinez to start hitting better if they are going to continue giving him P.T. going forward.

With Shane Victorino on the D.L., the Phillies are likely going to turn to 29-year old righty swinging Ben Francisco in CF until he’s ready to return to action. Francisco has played in 71 games for the Phillies so far this year and he is 46 for 199 (.231 avg, .712 OPS) with 21 runs scored, 6 homers, 31 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The Phillies really need Francisco to step up both offensively and defensively as Victorino is the only outfielder on the team having a good year.

29-year old righty swinging outfielder Ben Francisco has not adjusted well to going back to coming off the bench. He has played in 11 games this June for the Phillies and he is 2 for 16 (.125 avg, .542 OPS) with 3 runs scored. Francisco has walked 8 times this month, so at least he is showing a good eye this month. Francisco has now played in 60 games for the Phillies this year and he is 37 for 170 (.218 avg, .708 OPS) with 18 runs scored, 6 homers, 25 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The Phillies need Francisco to get his act back together because they need his bat off the bench.

23-year old lefty swinging RF Domonic Brown is cooling off after a hot start to the season. In his last 11 games, Brown is 5 for 35 (.143 avg, .507 OPS) with 2 runs scored, 1 homer, 4 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has played in 20 games overall this year and he is 16 for 67 (.239 avg, .719 OPS) with 7 runs scored, 2 homers, 9 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. The Phillies were hoping that Brown would help replace the offense that the Phillies lost when Jayson Werth signed with the Nationals but that just hasn’t worked out so far this year.

38-year old lefty swinging LF Raul Ibanez has been downright terrible for the Phillies so far this year. He has played in 25 games for the Phillies so far this year and he is 14 for 91 (.154 avg, .446 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 1 homer, 10 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has already whiffed 27 times already this season. 27-year old righty swinging outfielder John Mayberry could start cutting into Ibanez’ P.T. if he doesn’t start to pick it up with the bat. Mayberry has played in 18 games for the Phillies so far this year and he is 10 for 32 (.313 avg, .874 OPS) with 3 runs scored, 1 homer and 3 RBIs.