According to the stats that I use, the Astros are #3 in the MLB (regular season stats) and the Phillies #10. Astros should take ‘em but the way these payoffs have gone anything could happen. Phillies have a very slight edge in batting/runs scored but the Astros are much stronger in their pitching.
I hope John Smoltz does the commentary. He was fun to listen to in the Championship series - told you things you didn’t know and what to look for, not just filling air time with a lot of useless jabber.
Phillies have come a long way in a short period of time. They got a new skipper mid season this year. I thought I heard that they do not signal the pitcher with hand signals. Some sort of buzzer that is attached to the wrist of the catcher. He signals the pitcher with it. Goes to a earpiece. Never heard of it but swear I heard it mentioned during the last game.