Filed under: Phillies, MLB Playoffs, National League Division Series, Advanced ScoutingNo team is entering the playoffs in better shape than the Phillies. It's hard for anyone to argue that point at this stage. They are a better team than they were last year at this time and should enter the proceedings as a huge favorite to represent the National League in the Fall Classic.
The Phillies are armed with a sharper version of Brad Lidge closing out games and Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt are all rejuvenated and headline a deep and potentially dominant rotation. Couple that with their always explosive offense and it's going to take a perfectly played series to bounce the Phils out of the playoffs in 2010.
There's only one thing that could slow the Phillies' march to the World Series and that's the back of their bullpen. For the most part it has held up over the 162-game season, but it's something to at least monitor in October. Lidge has certainly been much better this season, but he is still prone to a postseason implosion. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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