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Phillies Nuggets: 2019 MLB Preview and Predictions

The Philadelphia Phillies will take the field Thursday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park against the defending National League East Champion Atlanta Braves. But after one of the most successful on-paper offseasons in baseball history, there will be significantly more pressure on the Phillies than the Braves in 2019.

Of course, the Phillies added Bryce Harper earlier this month on a 13-year/$330 million contract. Adding the face of the sport is enough to put a national spotlight on you. But in waiting out Harper – and his agent, Scott Boras – Phillies general manager Matt Klentak didn’t sit on his hands.