A few reasons to believe the Phillies will be better this April, even as a Braves gauntlet looms.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A gauntlet awaits the Phillies. Right out of the gate. To appreciate the magnitude of the challenge, just watch a few Chris Sale highlights from the Grapefruit League. How long can he stay healthy? A fair question, mostly as far as the Phillies are concerned. The former AL Cy Young Award winner figures to at least be there in Game No. 2 or Game No. 3, a week-and-a-half from now.In the spring, we tend to look at issues and questions from an abstract, big-picture perspective.
“We’ll try to play the game, at least the first six, seven innings, like it’s a regular-season game,” Thomson said. There are two ways to look at that, of course. The first is that the Phillies weren’t going to catch the Braves regardless of what happened in the first couple of months. The second is that, as dominant as the Braves were, and as overwhelming a favorite as they currently are, the Phillies do not need to become a radically different team to keep themselves in the conversation.If Bryce Harper plays six months instead of five ...If Aaron Nola brings his ERA back to below 4.00 ...
“If we’re coming out of camp healthy, then we are starting out on a lot better foot than we did last year,” catcher J.T. Realmuto said.It’s the biggest reason to think the Phillies will be a much better team this April than we saw last year. Not only were Harper and Suárez both hurt for opening day, the team lost its starting first baseman for the season when Rhys Hoskins tore his ACL a week before the season.
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