v3 - a co-worker of mine (who is a Mets fan, I live in enemy territory) said that the Phillies will regret this. I agreed, but said that would be in 5-6 years. In the meantime, they're going to LOVE it.
Overall, the Phillies have really upgraded their team.
C - Realmuto
1B - Hoskins
2B - Hernandez
3B - Franco
SS - Segura
OF - Harper, McCutchen, Herrera
Odubel went for being the best outfielder on the team to being the third best. :)
4 of those players are new and are upgrades to their position. Hoskins actually slides out of an OF and goes back to his "natural" position, and is an upgrade over who was there last year. They went 80-82 last year. If that isn't at least 10 more wins this year, I'd be VERY surprised. I'll go on record as saying The 2019 Phillies will be 90-72 (or better). No, I will NOT make any bets on that.
-- Dan --
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