Philadelphia Phillies: Taking a Look at the Full End-of-Season Schedule

The Philadelphia Phillies only have 33 games left in the season. However, thanks to Hurricane Irene, all of these games will be played in 31 days. That will definitely test their durability.

Let’s take a look at where they will play and who they will play.

They will have one or two games every day for the rest of the season. This might not be so bad if every game was in Philadelphia. Of course, they will be traveling quite a bit over the next month. Of their 10 remaining series, six of them will be on the road.

Perhaps fortunately, half of these road trips are in the National League East, which will reduce travel time a little bit. Also, the Phillies do have the best road record in the National League at 37-24. Obviously, though, there will still be a lot of time in the air.

Again, the Phillies have 33 games left. 18 of these games are against teams with records at or above .500 (currently, the Phillies have four games with the Cincinnati Reds who are 66-66). They play the Milwaukee Brewers four times and the Atlanta Braves six times. Milwaukee has the second best record in the National League and Atlanta is third best. Of course, the Phillies do have the best record in baseball right now. However, if this was the NCAA, the strength of schedule is pretty high for this month.

Finally, they do have a 10 game homestand in the middle of September, but they have to play a pair of doubleheaders during this stretch. That essentially means that they will play 10 games in eight days. This could have implications on their starting rotation and require some spot starts from Kyle Kendrick or some September call up. If they do not utilize another starting pitcher, some of their regular rotation will be throwing on four days rest twice. This is definitely less than ideal.

They are going to play just over a fifth of the season in this one month. I guess that could be called busy.

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