Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Philadelphia Phillies NLCS Preview
Sometimes all it takes to make a deep playoff run is getting hot at the right time. Ask the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have knocked off two division champions in the Brewers and Braves to make the NLCS for the first time since their memorable 2001 World Series win with Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling on the roster. This season marks the first time that the D-Backs have won a postseason series since 2007 and that’s the only one they had since Luis Gonzalez’s walk-off single.
The Phillies, meanwhile, are four wins away from running back their NL championship crown, though they’d rather get eight more wins and right the wrong of last season when they lost to the Astros in six games in the Fall Classic. For the second straight postseason, the Phillies beat the Braves to get to this point and they also knocked off the Marlins in the Wild Card series.
By current form, the Phillies would seem to be a better team than the Dodgers, but the series price is not reflective of what the opening price was for Arizona against Los Angeles (-205). That is just one of the major talking points heading into the best-of-seven NLCS that starts in Philadelphia on Monday.
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