The Diamondbacks have a 2022 Phillies vibe during their run to the NLCS. Will it be enough to end the Phillies' bid for a second straight trip to the World Series?
are back in the National League Championship Series on a path that feels awfully familiar. Sweep the wild-card series? Check. Beat a favored Braves team in four games to win the NLDS? Check. Sing “Dancing on My Own” amid beer and champagne celebrations? Of course.
The similarities to 2022 will continue in the NLCS when they look across the field and see an 84-win Arizona Diamondbacks team that squeaked into the playoffs late and has won all five of its postseason games. They lack the payroll and star power of the 2022 Phillies, but the D’backs have embraced the same why-not-us mantra that took the Phillies within two wins of a championship last year.
Will it be enough to deny the Phillies a second straight trip to the World Series? Here are our picks:How real is the home-field advantage in South Philly? The Diamondbacks pumped crowd noise into their ballpark before leaving for Philly as if they were Temple getting ready to play in Happy Valley. Good luck.have been excellent this month and it’s hard to see them losing at home, even against the formidable Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly in Game 1 and 2.
The Diamondbacks are an energetic, young club but the Phillies have the home-field and pitching advantage. That goes a long way.Corbin Carroll is a legit star, and he’s surrounded by difference-making Ketel Marte and Christian Walker. The Diamondbacks are also playing with the unburdened freedom of a team that wasn’t expected to get this far. So, yes, beware of the Snakes.
In the Diamondbacks, the Phillies are facing an opponent that has two factors in its favor: It’s playing with a ton of confidence, and it has nothing to lose. Arizona is 5-0 in this postseason, and still the D’backs are the underdogs in this NLCS. They’re make it tough on the Phils, but they won’t have enough to beat them.
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