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2024 season preview: Predicting the Phillies infield

During their two previous championship runs, the Phillies were fueled by their two best infields in franchise history.

In the late 1970s and their World Series-winning season of 1980, the quartet of Pete Rose, Manny Trillo, Larry Bowa and Mike Schmidt was the undisputed best infield the Phils had ever put on the field. That was until the 2007-11 run that featured Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Pedro Feliz/Placido Polanco.

You wanna throw Wes Helms in there, too? You got it.

The 2024 Phillies have an infield that could very well be better than either of those two, and will likely be the offensive driving force behind whatever success the team has this season.