It’s always fascinating to think about the road not taken. This off-season there were a number of different alternate timelines the Phillies could have experienced. They could have made Manny Machado their big-ticket free agent pickup instead of Bryce Harper. That would have meant possibly signing a second outfielder in addition to Andrew McCutchen, which could have then possibly forced a trade of Maikel Franco.
When one move was made, the dominoes fell a certain way and, after a little more than a month of the 2019 season in the books, Phillies fans should feel pretty content with the decisions that were made.