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The Phillies were unable to put away the Cardinals in St. Louis and now are faced with questions as they head back to Philadelphia for a deciding Game 5.

Eric Karabell updates his saves projections for all 16 National League teams, predicting final totals for such players as Craig Kimbrel, Joel Hanrahan and Heath Bell.

Blog | Conversation | July 12, 2011

The Baseball Prospectus team makes five bold predictions for the 2011 season, including a look at whether the Philadelphia Phillies will make the postseason.

Story | Conversation | March 31, 2011

The long, cold winter is over, and Opening Day is upon us. At last, we can start to get answers to all these offseason questions. Like, what if our man's predictions are actually right for a change?

The long, cold winter is over, and Opening Day is upon us. At last, we can start to get answers to all these offseason questions. Like, what if our man's predictions are actually right for a change?

Baseball Prospectus takes a look at its preseason playoff predictions and recalculates them with the Padres, Rangers and Reds being the biggest surprises. BP explains how they've done it.

Story | Conversation | July 14, 2010

Three of the four best teams in baseball today appear to be in the American League East, and all spring I asked talent evaluators, executives, scouts and players to do my job for me and pick the two playoff teams from the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays. ...

Blog | March 28, 2010

Buster talked to talent evaluators, executives, scouts and players before deciding on this predictions for the season.

Blog | Conversation | March 28, 2010

Eric Karabell reveals his answers to the 2010 fantasy staff predictions survey.

Keith Law checks in with a scout's eye on the 2009 World Series, offering five keys for the Phillies, five for the Yankees and an ultimate series prediction. Plus notes from Inside Edge, Baseball Prospectus and ESPN Stats & Information.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Since the dawn of the division-play era in 1969, teams that have pitched well out of the bullpen have had far more success in October than teams that haven't.

Tristan H. Cockcroft sets up Week 24 of Baseball Challenge, noting that the Rockies have plenty of reasons to stay motivated and performing at their best.

The Cardinals have become the best team in the NL -- with a lot of thanks to Matt Holliday -- but their salary history suggests that keeping the slugger around might be a stretch, writes Buster Olney. A prediction on where he'll be playing next season.

Blog | Conversation | September 11, 2009

Our projections for this year's National League standings aren't likely to receive much brotherly love from Philadelphia, the home of the defending World Series champions.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2009

ESPN.com's Steve Phillips offers his predictions and preseason ratings for the 2005 baseball season.

Story | Conversation | April 02, 2005