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MLB Playoff Image 2024: Phillies Clinch NL East; Up to date Bracket, Standings

Dustin Satloff/Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies are NL East champions for the first time in more than a decade. They clinched the division on Monday with a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs, marking their return to the top of the NL East for the first time since 2011. Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies NL EAST CHAMPIONS

MLB Playoff Image 2024: Phillies Clinch NL East; Up to date Bracket, Standings

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 20: The Philadelphia Phillies celebrate after defeating the New York Mets 12-2 in a game at Citi Field on September 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

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The Philadelphia Phillies are NL East champions for the primary time in additional than a decade.

They clinched the division on Monday with a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs, marking their return to the highest of the NL East for the primary time since 2011.

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That final division win got here amid a stretch of 5 NL East titles from 2007 to 2011, highlighted by the Phillies’ 2008 World Collection victory, and adopted by a decade with no postseason look.

Philadelphia isn’t solely again within the postseason, nevertheless it’s additionally trying to contend for the third title in franchise historical past.

This is a take a look at the playoff image now that the Phillies have secured their spot atop the division.

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Projected American League Playoff Matchups

  • First-round bye: No. 1 New York Yankees, No. 2 Cleveland Guardians
  • Wild Card Collection: No. 3 Houston Astros vs. No. 6 Detroit Tigers, No. 4 Baltimore Orioles vs. No. 5 Kansas Metropolis Royals

Projected Nationwide League Playoff Matchups

  • First-round bye: No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers, No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies
  • Wild Card Collection: No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers vs. No. 6 Arizona Diamondbacks, No. 4 San Diego Padres vs. No. 5 New York Mets

The Phillies have earned themselves a first-round bye and a visit to the NLDS with their dominant common season.

There’s nonetheless extra on the road within the the rest of the common season, although. They may might assure themselves home-field benefit all through the complete postseason if they can beat out the Los Angeles Dodgers for the very best report in Main League Baseball.

Present Standings

AL East

  1. New York Yankees (92-64)*
  2. Baltimore Orioles (86-70, 6 GB)
  3. Boston Pink Sox (78-78, 14 GB)
  4. Tampa Bay Rays (78-78, 14 GB)
  5. Toronto Blue Jays (73-83, 19 GB)

AL Central

  1. Cleveland Guardians (90-67)*
  2. Kansas Metropolis Royals (82-74, 7.5 GB)
  3. Detroit Tigers (82-74, 7.5 GB)
  4. Minnesota Twins (81-75, 8.5 GB)
  5. Chicago White Sox (36-120, 53.5 GB)

AL West

  1. Houston Astros (85-71)
  2. Seattle Mariners (80-76, 5 GB)
  3. Texas Rangers (74-82, 11 GB)
  4. Oakland Athletics (67-89, 18 GB)
  5. Los Angeles Angels (63-93, 22 GB)

AL Wild Card

  1. Baltimore Orioles (86-70, +4 Video games)
  2. Kansas Metropolis Royals (82-74)
  3. Detroit Tigers (82-74)
  4. Minnesota Twins (81-75, 1 GB)
  5. Seattle Mariners (80-76, 2 GB)
  6. Tampa Bay Rays (78-78, 4 GB)
  7. Boston Pink Sox (78-78, 4 GB)

NL East

  1. Philadelphia Phillies (93-64)**
  2. New York Mets (87-69, 5.5 GB)
  3. Atlanta Braves (85-71, 7.5 GB)
  4. Washington Nationals (69-87, 23.5 GB)
  5. Miami Marlins (57-99, 35.5 GB)

NL Central

  1. Milwaukee Brewers (89-67)** 
  2. Chicago Cubs (80-77, 9.5 GB)
  3. St. Louis Cardinals (79-77, 10 GB)
  4. Cincinnati Reds, (76-81, 13.5 GB)
  5. Pittsburgh Pirates (73-83, 16 GB)

NL West

  1. Los Angeles Dodgers (93-63)*
  2. San Diego Padres (90-66, 3 GB)
  3. Arizona Diamondbacks (87-69, 6 GB)
  4. San Francisco Giants (77-79, 16 GB)
  5. Colorado Rockies (60-96, 33 GB)

NL Wild Card

  1. San Diego Padres (90-66, +3 Video games)
  2. New York Mets (87-69)
  3. Arizona Diamondbacks (87-69)
  4. Atlanta Braves (85-71, 2 GB)

*Denotes clinched playoff spot

**Denotes clinched division

The Phillies’ final two postseason runs resulted in heartbreak.

Two years in the past, they made it again to the World Collection for the primary time since 2009, pulling out to 1-0 and 2-1 collection leads over the Houston Astros earlier than shedding in six video games.

The Phillies then got here inside one win of one other journey to the World Collection after gaining a 3-2 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks within the 2023 NL Championship Collection, solely to lose Video games 6 and seven to the NL West Wild Card staff.

With the intention to make it again to the World Collection this fall, they could must face one other NL East opponent within the NL Division Collection. The Atlanta Braves, whom the Phillies have ousted from each the 2022 and 2023 NLDS, are vying with the New York Mets for the ultimate wild-card spot within the NL.

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The Braves would carry Cy Younger favourite Chris Sale to the mound, whereas Francisco Lindor’s bat is placing his identify in NL MVP competition for the Mets.

The Phillies will hope to counter each potential division opponents with top-of-the-line beginning rotations within the MLB.

Zack Wheeler is prone to get the beginning in Sport 1 of the postseason after posting an NL-best 0.96 WHIP by way of 31 begins this season. Cristopher Sánchez stands to learn from home-field benefit after rating third within the NL with a 2.05 ERA at dwelling.

Aaron Nola and Ranger Suárez spherical out, arguably, the strongest rotation within the NL heading into the postseason, though each might want to bounce again earlier than the postseason. The previous has posted his highest ERA of the season in September, whereas the latter has struggled with consistency since getting back from the IL on the finish of August.

The Phillies’ pitching has typically been extra dependable than the staff’s offense, which threatened to derail the hopes of a division title as scoring plateaued in earlier stretches of the season.

After final yr’s World Collection hopes fell aside when the Phillies scored a mixed three runs within the last two video games of the loss to the Diamondbacks, Philadelphia will want constant offense from batters corresponding to Trea Turner, Alec Bohm and Bryce Harper so as to make a deeper run this postseason.

For now the Phillies’ focus will flip to securing the very best report within the MLB and home-field benefit all through the postseason.

If they will set up pitching consistency and enhance offensive momentum throughout this last stretch, the Phillies might enter the postseason as a favourite for a 3rd straight journey to the NLCS.

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