There’s an old baseball axiom that no firm determinations should be made about anything before Memorial Day. No matter how good, or bad, a team looks, it’s just too early in the season for anyone to know anything for sure.
Baseball is a marathon, and the unofficial start of the summer often serves as the season’s first true marker. By that point, enough of the early-season sample size noise has been quieted and we see more clearly who the contenders and pretenders are.
We’re only a few days away from Memorial Day now and your Philadelphia Phillies own the best record in baseball.