You are either being sarcastic, or don't follow baseball. In the last five years, the Nats have gone 1-2-1-1-2 in division play; the Phillies have gone 5-5-4-5-3.
Then why didn't he go to the Dodgers? LOL.
When one thinks of winning tradition the Phillies do not immediately spring to mind!
The Phillies have fallen since their last Series appearance in '09. They let that team get old before doing anything and are just now coming out of it. Last year they had a good 3/4 season then collapsed. Are this year's offseason acquisitions enough? Who knows. I do think they NL East will be dogfight with the Phillies, Nats and Braves slugging it out. And I would not discount the Mets if DeGrom and Syndergard stay healthy.
What I mean by winning is winning the World Series which is really what all of them or after.