After six months of regular-season baseball, with an extra day for that wild Mets-Braves doubleheader, the 2024 MLB playoffs are upon us. As we get set to watch more baseball than is probably healthy for the next month,

The Phillies will play the winner of this series, so we'll be spending the most time on them here. Philly has season series victories over both squads — they beat the Mets seven of 13 times, and the Brewers four of six times. There is a lot of familiarity with both of these NL teams, and each offers a different look to the Phillies.

That guy’s going to score.” Harper and the rest of the NL East champion Phillies will do what they can this week to stay sharp ahead of Game 1 Saturday in the NL Division Series. The Phillies — who will play either Milwaukee or the Mets — made the playoffs for the third straight season,