Phillies-Braves position-by-position breakdown
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Catcher
Travis d’Arnaud had a solid season for Atlanta, hitting 18 home runs with 60 RB
Is and a .791 OPS in 107 games. The 33-year-old is making his fifth postseason a
ppearance and third straight with the Braves, for whom he posted an .875 OPS wit
h two homers in last year’s World Series. d’Arnaud also ranked third in the Ma
jors in pitch framing in 2022, giving him great value behind the plate.
J.T. Realmuto posted an .820 OPS with 22 homers and 84 RBIs in the regular seaso
n, leading all big league catchers with a 6.5 fWAR. Playing in his first postsea
son, Realmuto went 1-for-6 with two walks in the Phillies’ two-game Wild Card S
eries sweep of the Cardinals.
Slight advantage: Phillies
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First base
Matt Olson hasn’t caused Braves fans to forget about Freddie Freeman, but the 2
8-year-old had an excellent debut season for Atlanta. Olson hit 34 home runs wit
h a team-high 103 RBIs during the regular season, playing all 162 games.
Rhys Hoskins was just as durable this season, hitting 30 homers with 79 RBIs in
156 games. Playing in his first postseason, Hoskins went 0-for-9 with three stri
keouts against St. Louis in the NL Wild Card Series.
Advantage: Braves
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Second base
Orlando Arcia played well while filling in for the injured Ozzie Albies, hitting
nine home runs with 30 RBIs and a .733 OPS in 68 games. Arcia had only five pla
te appearances in last year’s postseason, but he thrived in his three Octobers
with the Brewers, posting an .879 OPS with four home runs in 13 games. Arcia sho
uld get the bulk of the starts in the NLDS, though rookie Vaughn Grissom could s
tart against lefty Ranger Suárez.
Jean Segura’s regular season was interrupted by injury, as he hit 10 homers wit
h 33 RBIs in 98 games. After a decade and more than 1,300 games in the Majors, t
he 32-year-old is finally getting his first crack at the postseason. While he we
nt just 1-for-5 against St. Louis, that one hit keyed Philadelphia’s Game 1 com
eback win.
Slight advantage: Phillies
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Shortstop
Dansby Swanson was an All-Star for the first time this season, hitting 25 home r
uns with 96 RBIs, 99 runs scored and a .776 OPS while playing all 162 games. The
impending free agent struggled during the first two rounds of the postseason la
st fall, but he hit a pair of homers in the World Series against the Astros, bri
nging his postseason career home run total to five.
Bryson Stott had his ups and downs during his rookie season, showing flashes of
power (10 home runs) despite a subpar slash line (.234/.295/.358) in 127 games.
The 25-year-old went 0-for-4 in the Wild Card Series, though he drew three walks
and drove in an insurance run in the Phillies’ wild Game 1 comeback win.
Advantage: Braves
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Third base
Austin Riley should earn some NL MVP votes after leading the Braves in home runs
(38) and OPS (.878) this season. Riley homered in each of the first two rounds
in last year’s postseason, posting a .908 OPS in the NLDS against the Brewers.
Alec Bohm hit 13 home runs with 72 RBIs and a .713 OPS in 152 games this season,
ranking 34th out of 36 qualified third basemen in Outs Above Average (-8). Bohm
was 2-for-5 with two walks in this year’s Wild Card Series, belting a pair of
doubles.
Advantage: Braves
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Left field
Eddie Rosario should get the nod against the Phillies’ righties, though Robbie
Grossman could start against Suárez in Game 1. Rosario will be looking to make
up for a difficult regular season marred by vision problems and inconsistency, h
oping to find the October magic that helped him win NLCS MVP honors a year ago.
Kyle Schwarber led the NL with 46 home runs, though he also paced the Majors wit
h 200 strikeouts. Schwarber