NEW YORK -- A little more than seven months ago, Phillies president Andy MacPhail sat at a table in a Bonita Springs, Fla., hotel and said he expected the 2016 season to reveal if the club is on the fast, medium or slow track to postseason contention.
So where are the Phils with six games remaining?
"I would say somewhere between medium and fast," MacPhail told MLB.com this weekend at Citi Field. "We certainly had measurable progress in a lot of areas."
MacPhail mentioned the Phillies' farm system. Every affiliate finished better than .500 for the first time since 1953.