Phillies' World Series window might close with bad vibes start to 2026 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Philadelphia Phillies are off to one of the worst starts in all of Major League Baseball. If it weren't for the New York Mets losing 11 straight, the Phillies might be the center of attention for all the wrong reasons.Through the first 21 games of the season, the Phillies are 8-13, 6.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves for the top spot in the NL East, and only 1.5 games ahead of the Mets for the worst record in baseball.Amid such a brutal start to the year, Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report presented a worrying verdict that the bad vibes within the team could potentially be the warning sign that the World Series window is over for this aging Phillies roster.Phillies bad vibes might spell end of World Series window"The vibes coming from the Phillies are bad," Kelly writes.

"Still, it's hard to shake just how badly the Phillies have played in April, and wonder whether the window has closed on a team with so many players on the wrong side of 30."The Phillies have the worst run differential in all of Major League Baseball. They are being outscored by 38 runs so far this season, with only 75 runs scored and 113 allowed on the year. They're 5-10 at home and have lost five straight.Alec Bohm has a .407 OPS on the year, while Bryson Stott has a .511 OPS.

Adolis Garcia hasn't played well lately, and has a .648 OPS on the season.If it weren't for Kyle Schwarber's .936 OPS and Bryce Harper's .883 OPS, the Phillies might be the worst offense in the Major Leagues.More: Marlins suggested to sign Max Kepler after Phillies’ OF was suspended for 80 gamesAdd in that Jose Alvarado has a 9.00 ERA, Jesus Luzardo has the worst ERA (7.94) among starters, and Jhoan Duran is on the injured list, and things are not going well in the pitching staff either.The offense looks terrible this season, and the pitching staff isn't looking nearly as good as it should be. What was meant to be the best bullpen the Phillies have had in recent years has severely underwhelmed.As Kelly notes, the vibes around the Phillies are very bad.

They weren't great at the end of the 2024 or 2025 seasons, and they're even worse now. The World Series window feels more closed than ever, as nothing seems to be working for the Phillies.More MLB news:Braves predicted to trade Bryce Elder for Lars NootbaarJacob DeGrom is only 149 strikeouts from 2,000 for his careerThree ways Pirates' Paul Skenes could lose NL Cy Young AwardRed Sox never close on Astros’ Isaac Paredes tradeShohei Ohtani deemed more valuable than Aaron Judge in recent ESPN discussion piece