Phillies' Bryson Stott is Torpedoing at the Worst Possible Time

Earlier this season, Philadelphia Phillies infielder Bryson Stott was mired in a miserable slump. He slashed .207/.258/.276 with no home runs and five RBI between March and April, and he then batted .227 in May.

In June and July, however, Stott returned with a vengeance, posting OPSes of .789 and .804, respectively, those two months. He then slashed .284/.409/.411 in August thanks to an absolutely torrid stretch during the first half of it.

Since then, however, Stott's production has flatlined.

The 28-year-old is slashing just .154/.196/.250 over his last 15 games. He went 0-for-3 against the Atlanta Braves on Monday and went 1-for-11 in the series overall. He has just one hit thus far in September, and his decline has definitely been felt in Philadelphia.

The Phillies did beat the Braves to salvage a series split on Labor Day. However, they won by a score of 1-0. They scored just 11 runs in four games on the set, and while the offense as a whole has suddenly cratered, Stott's sudden dip has played a significant role.

On the season overall, Stott is slashing .252/.326/.396, which is very much in line with his career numbers. In fact, his .722 OPS is the second-highest mark of his big-league career, which began in 2022.

But he is now falling off a cliff at the worst possible time.

Stott and the Phillies looked like world beaters for much of the last month. They had been playing their best baseball of the campaign heading into the Atlanta series, and they had a legitimate chance to make up major ground in the NL East.

Instead, they ended up right back to where they started when they began the four-game set with the Braves: four games back of Atlanta in the division.

Again, Stott is obviously not the sole reason that happened. Bryce Harper, who had been on a tear, managed just two hits in the series. Brandon Marsh was almost invisible, as he has been for quite some time. J.T. Realmuto's disastrous season continued.

As a whole, the Phillies simply could not get hits with runners in scoring position.

But considering how well Stott had been performing for so long, his torpedoing production has been very notable.

There is still ample time between now and the postseason, so Stott has a chance to right the ship. But he better do it ASAP — before it's too late.