Jimmy Rollins believes the Philadelphia Phillies are set up for future success with enough young, emerging players surrounding an aging core.

"That old window's closed," Rollins admitted. "This is a brand new thing. You've still got the pieces, but this is a brand new thing going forward.

"Obviously we would love to have that right-handed bat, but Darin Ruf has come up and done that so far. We're going to get Ryan [Howard] back, hopefully a healthy Ryan back on his legs and strong.

"So you've got Ryan at first and Darin Ruf over in left, Dom Brown in right, little Ben [Revere] in center. That's pretty good. The lineup is good."

The Phillies have hit .237 with a .300 OBP and left almost seven men on base per game since Howard went down.

"This isn't [something I] think, this is for sure, I'm telling you," Rollins said. "Only question right now is Ryan's health. We haven't seen him in a while. We text, but we never really ask 'How you doin?' It's other stuff, just life stuff. When Ryan's going to come back -- and hopefully be healthy when he is -- that's going to be a big part of our lineup."