A Phillies player responds to Braves manager Brian Snitker’s remarks about the playoffs

This past postseason, Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies once again made quick work of the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the playoffs before eventually bowing out, this time in the NLCS against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Harper was electric in the Phillies’ win over Atlanta for the second consecutive year, consistently eviscerating a slew of Atlanta pitchers that looked like a shell of what they were throughout the regular season.

The fact that multiple higher seeds lost in the divisional round this year raised some debate as to whether or not the time off that higher seeds are given while other teams compete in the Wild Card round is actually detrimental to their chances of succeeding. Recently, Braves manager Brian Snitker raised eyebrows when he stated that “it’s hard to hit velocity when you haven’t seen anything in five days. So that’s my biggest thing,” per the Foul Territory Show (Via Nathan Ackerman of Phillies Nation).