The worst-kept secret in baseball was finally let out Tuesday when Phils manager Rob Thomson confirmed that Cristopher Sánchez will be the Phillies' Game 1 starter for the postseason, followed by Ranger Suárez and Jesús Luzardo – a rare lefty-lefty-lefty starting triumvirate resulting from Zack Wheeler being out for the rest of the year and Aaron Nola's injury plagued, ineffectual season.

After the Phils clinched the National League East on Monday with a thrilling 10th-inning win over the Dodgers, Thomson told reporters that the starting rotation would be adjusted in the coming days to set up Sánchez as the Game 1 starter when the NLDS begins Oct. 4, per The Athletic's Matt Gelb .

It can be argued that the Phillies' comeback win over the Dodgers on Tuesday night was

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