For the entirety of the 2021 season, conventional wisdom has held that only one NL East team could make the playoffs, with nobody outside the eventual division winner holding any hope of grabbing a wild-card spot. But, as the stretch run comes into focus, the cream of the division’s crop […]
The New York Mets spent most of the season at the top of the NL East standings. Now, an extended rough patch has sent the team into third place, looking up at both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves. The Phillies have won eight straight to take the lead […]
If 2020 was any indication, the NL East could shape up as a highly competitive division this season. The Atlanta Braves ultimately won the East last year, but they had to hold off a surprising challenge from the Miami Marlins. Meanwhile, the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, and Philadelphia Phillies […]
Six teams in the National League are fighting for the final four spots in the postseason during this year’s special, expanded playoffs. As a result of the pandemic-shortened season, the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, and St. Louis Cardinals are all on the NL […]
The Philadelphia Phillies are expected to be an above-average team competing in a division with as many as four possible playoff contenders. Their win total for the upcoming season is projected at 86.5, ranking third-highest in the National League East, and the same as their rival New York Mets. The […]
The Philadelphia Phillies filled their manager vacancy by hiring ex-New York Yankees skipper Joe Girardi. Girardi won three World Series titles with the Yankees as a catcher in the late 1990s. He later won a World Series as the manager of the Yankees in 2009. The Yankees fired Girardi after […]
The regular season has approximately 25 games remaining, and the NL Wild Card is still wide open with the Washington Nationals having a lock on the top spot, but five other teams fighting for the second and final National League Wild Card berth with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and […]
