Phillies Going Toe to Toe with Dodgers in NL Penant Odds
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00:00National League also interesting, usually the Phillies wait until after the all-star game to
00:06kind of start hitting their stride. But, you know, given the schedule that they had, they took full
00:11advantage of it. And they pretty much just have to be status quo the rest of the way, given what
00:18Atlanta is going through right now. What's your take on what we got from the National League?
00:23Yeah, I think basically what you said with the Phillies and Atlanta, obviously,
00:27losing Acuna Jr. is big for them. And they're still a very good team. And I think they can
00:32make noise in the playoffs. But yeah, Phillies just going to be in that position where they're
00:37not going to push anyone too hard. We kind of saw that, you know, with Zach Wheeler leading
00:41it to the break. And they're in a good position to, you know, not necessarily coast, but they
00:46don't have to take any unnecessary chances. They don't have to take any big swings just to sort of
00:52make the playoffs or put them. I mean, they're in content. There's no doubt about it. They're
00:56a World Series contender. So I think that's, you know, to be expected. And I think what's
01:02interesting, too, is when you look at the Central, you have two teams there in the Pirates and the
01:06Reds. You know, the Reds have a very positive run differential, even though they're in fourth
01:10place. And the Pirates right now, I mean, we're in the middle of schemes mania. And, you know,
01:16can it sort of affect the rest of the team? Can it carry over to just that outside of that once
01:23every fifth day? The crowd, no doubt about it, is in it. And, you know, they're five hundred team.
01:29They're still in the mix to get a wild card spot. And if it sort of, you know, ignites the city,
01:35ignites the team, they could be a really fun and really special group to watch down the stretch.
01:41The only problem is, I don't know if they're going to let Paul Skeeds pitch at the playoffs
01:45that, you know, they're worried about his innings. And you say, well, come on, we make the playoffs.
01:48We got it. We got to do it. So I could see them taking their foot off the gas, actually,
01:53more than anything. But there's still I think it's a fun story because,
01:56you know, it's Paul Skeeds day every fifth day. And that guy is just electric.