MLB Playoff Bracket 2024: Mets vs. Phillies NLDS Odds, Preview | News, scores, highlights, stats and rumors

The Phillies are the best-equipped top-two seed to handle a matchup with a red-hot wild-card series winner.

The Phillies advanced to the NLCS after starting in the wild-card round in 2022 and 2023, so they should know what the Mets are currently experiencing.

Whether that helps the Phillies take on the Mets in the NLDS remains to be seen, but at least on paper they are prepared to handle the threat.

The NL East champions will have to rely on their top pitching to silence the Mets. Wheeler held the Mets to two earned runs on September 22, Cristopher Sanchez owns a 2.21 home ERA and Aaron Nola has allowed just six earned runs in four postseason starts in 2023.

The Phillies have the clutch bats to match Lindor and Alonso between Schwarber, Harper, Turner and Nick Castellanos.

There’s no doubt that the Mets are a tough matchup in their current form, but the Phillies have seen it all over the past two postseasons and that should help them navigate the NLDS.

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