Oh good, the Phillies are also better than expected

The Giants’ reenactment of the 2010 playoffs continues as the Giants move to Philadelphia to take on another team performing above their preseason projections. The Phillies got off to a shaky start this year, going 1-4. That stretch of five games is only noteworthy since it was the start of the season and Gabe Kapler’s analytically oriented managerial strategies came under scrutiny, with Phillies fans calmly and rationally calling for Kapler to be fired.

Since those first five games, the Phillies are 17-10 and the demands for Kapler’s head have subsided. Weird how it works like that.

There were two major strategies Kapler considered implementing this year. One was to switch corner outfields…