Trading Perspectives - With a Phillies Fan

Written by Colin on February 21, 2008 – 9:14 am

BravesBlast took a moment recently to exchange questions and answers about the NL East with our pal Erik Grissom over at PhilliesFlow.  Since we always give you the Braves’ fan perspective on things, here’s the division from the Phillies standpoint.

BravesBlast: With the addition of Johan Santana, the Mets are probably the team to beat this year in the NL East.  Where do you see the division breaking down after that?

PhilliesFlow.com: With the addition of Santana, I see the Mets as the front-runners in the NL East.  I still think all three teams are very close, but I would go Mets/Phils/Braves 1-2-3 at this point.

The separation between the Mets and the Phillies is very small.  The Mets did have a better off-season, but the Phillies won the division last year despite the fact that they gave 30 starts to a guy with a 6.29 ERA and with just about the worst offensive production from third base in the NL.  You would think those would be areas in which it would be easy to improve.  Given how close the Mets and Phillies are, I truly believe the Phils are better off in the role of underdog. Read more »


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