There is little doubt the Phillies have improved this off-season. The additions of Trea Turner, Taijuan Walker, Craig Kimbrel and Matt Strahm to a National League pennant-winning roster have people thinking big, and that is 100% understandable.
Adding all that talent to an 87-win team, a team that played at a much higher level after Rob Thomson was promoted to manager, has people dreaming of mid-to-upper 90s win totals for the Phils and contending for what should be an extremely competitive, but difficult, National League East crown.
So it came as a bit of a shock when ESPN recently released some win projection totals for 2023.