Now that Aaron Nola has saved the season, we can breathe a little easier today. Still, if the Phillies really want to stay in playoff contention, they’ll need to start winning games at a less sporadic rate than they have over the past few weeks.
They’ll get an opportunity to increase their win total this weekend when they head on up to Canada to take on the Blue Jays. It’s hard to tell if a trip to Toronto bodes well or poorly for the Phillies chances. The Blue Jays are a bad team (that’s good), but the games are on the road (that’s bad), and they take place in a stadium which may bring up unpleasant memories for Phillies fans of a certain age (that’s bad).