For the Philadelphia Phillies, a rematch a year in the making is days away. After dismantling the Miami Marlins 2-0 in the Wild Card Series, the Phillies have a date with a familiar foe: the MLB’s best regular season team in 2o23, the Atlanta Braves, who the Phillies dominated to the tune of a 3-1 series victory in the Division Series as part of their run to the World Series in 2022.
The two rivals are set to kick off their best-of-five series on Saturday, but there are important questions without obvious answers lingering.