It’s true. It’s not Mets Opening Day 2010 bad or as terrible as the Phillies’ starting rotation is awesome, but it’s just nothing like the type of offense we’ve come to expect from the Mets’ division rivals.

Jimmy Rollins, coming off back-to-back seasons with a sub-90 OPS+, is the Phillies’ current third hitter. None of the three guys hitting in front of Ryan Howard got on base at even a 34% clip last year. Ben Francisco is the youngest regular in the lineup, and he’s 29. Last year their offense was just about average, and they had Jayson Werth and Chase Utley playing most days, not to mention Carlos Ruiz enjoying a BABIP-fueled career year.

The ridiculous arms are good enough that the Phillies will still win a bunch of games. But as long as Utley is out — and it’s sounding like that will be a while — they’re going to have massive holes all over their lineup. They’re still a good team, but they appear way more vulnerable now than they did the day they signed Cliff Lee.

But you probably know this already if you watched last night’s game. Cole Hamels’ embarrassing moments, though there were plenty, went pathetically undocumented on the AP wire. Here’s Cold Hamels: