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The 10 matchups we're circling over final two months of MLB season

Maybe this is the best way to sum up the National League playoff race. Consider the Philadelphia Phillies, with big expectations after a winter of big deals. Here's what's happened:

• Six of the relievers on the Opening Day roster -- and eight overall -- are currently on the injured list.

Andrew McCutchen played 59 games and went down for the season with a torn ACL.

Bryce Harper has been good but hardly great, and his 19 home runs in the season of the juiced ball while playing in a homer-friendly home park feel absurdly low.