The Philadelphia Phillies have done their job in the regular season. It's time to shift the focus to setting things up perfectly for what they hope is a deep playoff run.

Entering Thursday, the Phillies were 91-62, putting them 5 1/2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the No. 2 seed in the National League with only nine to play. They're almost certainly going to have a first-round bye and head straight to the Division Series to open their postseason.

But there are big decisions on the horizon for the Phillies and manager Rob Thomson as the NLDS -- the round in which Philadelphia got bounced from the playoffs a year ago -- looms.

With ace Zack Wheeler lost for the year due to thoracic outlet syndrome, the Phillies have four main starting pitchers competing for spots in the playof

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