A lot of the necessary boxes have been checked off for the team, which means the only questions remaining are minor. The big one about the fifth starter is going to be debated probably all winter long, but for now it just doesn’t matter. Whoever they might even consider that pitcher to be right now will, in all likelihood, not throw a playoff pitch for the Phillies. What we’re looking at now is who will be on the line when the PA announcer calls out rosters on October 5th.
We already know most of the projected roster.