Phillies: Is there a cure for Slow start disease?

It's not a new phenomenon. Teams break Spring Training with the best constructed teams as possible barring injury and outside influences to begin the regular season. The march to greatest begins. A goal for post season play and a World's Championship title. The Phillies, led by a battle-proven architect of championship teams, Dave Dombrowski have high expectations as a championship team. We fans have faith in the executive brain trust to identify talent and move it north for 162 games of elite competition and march to greatness. Now, if they could identify a cure for "slow start disease" they would be on to something. Since opening the 2021 season at 4-1, the Fightin's have flailed away to rough starts in 2022: 4-8, 2023: 1-5 and our current 1-4 start in 2024. NO doubt the bullpen is shaky. Imagine being reliever Andrew Bellatti or Mick Abel or one-time Phillies member David Buchanan and being told at the close of spring training that you didn't make the team?? How ineffective does one have to be to not make the Phillies bullpen when Connor Brogdon and Jose' Alvarez get the nod and make the team. Brogdon is no longer effective and Alvarez was once great as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. He throws 100mph, just not over the plate. He probably was more relaxed in his preparation and performance in Tampa due to its lack of attendance and fan base. You just can't get away with mediocrity in Philadelphia. This fanbase live their lives through their teams. Slow start disease is a frustrating affliction, mostly for the Phillies offense who have tremendous pressure to make something happen, knowing the bullpen will wobble upon entrance. Wiffing at a fastball, center cut over the plate to end the game is a pitch Bryce Harper sends into the stratosphere in August and September and the post game comment from Rob Thomson is: "yeah, his timing isn't there yet." When exactly does his timing get there? Isn't that what spring training is for? They are playing for real now. Dave Dombrowski is an elite baseball executive over many years. He sees what we see. Brogdon and Alvarez are glaring minor leaguers at best in 2024. On the brighter side: Fast start disease has gripped the city of Pittsburgh as the Pirates have opened the regular season at 5-0. NO doubt they will be 7-15 in a couple of short weeks as history will show and out of contention by August. As Larry Andersen has quipped: "It's not how many you win, it's WHEN you win them."