Buuxi weedha soo socota: Si ka duwan tababarkii gu'ga ee 2007, Rollins "wax dammaanad ah kama bixin xilli ciyaareedka soo socda, laakiin taasi micnaheedu maahan in Phillies aysan kalsooni ku qabin" inay galaan xilli ciyaareedkooda 2008, in kasta oo ay Mets iibsadeen Johan Santana iyo "2007 Rollins-esque" dammaanad qaad ah inay ku guuleystaan qaybta Carlos Beltrán. Ka dib markii uu bilaabay xilli ciyaareedkii isagoo garaacaya home run maalintii furitaanka, Rollins wuxuu ku soo degay liiska naafada (DL) markii ugu horreysay ee xirfadiisa bilowgii Abriil, isagoo la ildaran cagta lugta. Waxa uu ku soo laabtay bishii May, wuxuuna lahaa xagaaga "wax soo saar leh", ugu dambeyntii wuxuu soo bandhigay 47 saldhig oo la xaday, inkastoo celcelis ahaan uu hoos u dhacay.277, iyo wadarta gurigiisa iyo RBI oo hoos u dhacay 11 iyo 59 siday u kala horreeyaan. Xilli ciyaareedkii dambe, Rollins wuxuu ahaa barta ugu muhiimsan ee kooxda, taas oo ugu dambeyntii ku guuleysatay Taxanaha Adduunka ee 2008; taxanaha qaybta (NLDS), wuxuu ku dhuftay ciyaar hoggaamineed ciyaarta afraad, iyo ciyaarta labaad ee horyaalka.
horyaalka (NLCS), wuxuu dhaliyay ciyaar hoosaad ciyaarta shanaad, inkasta oo uu la halgamayay bilowgii Taxanaha Adduunka, wuxuu ugu dambeyntii gacan ka geystay garaacid xaalad adag, isagoo ka caawiyay Phillies inay ku guuleystaan taxanaha shan ciyaarood. Dhamaadka xilli ciyaareedka, Rollins waxaa lagu sharfay Abaalmarinta Kitaabka Quduuska ah ee Fielding ee heer sare ah ee difaaca sida ugu sarreeya MLB ee sanadka.