We've reached the tough love portion of this guy's Phillies career

Every team and organization goes through different stages of reality when it comes to handling individuals that might not be what they hoped for.

First, there’s patience and belief.

Then, there’s the “forget everything you saw, that’s not really them!” phase. This one is always my favorite as we ask fans to have collective amnesia and assume our eyes lied to us.

After that? A mix of reality added to frustration, without any admittance of giving up. Let’s call this the “tough love” face of the team and player relationship. It’s a crucial one to salvaging things, and it’s been on display all spring with the Phillies and Trea Turner.

Let’s take a look at what’s been said and done this spring between the team and its $300M (for now) shortstop.