PHILADELPHIA -- For their past few postseason runs, the Phillies' starting rotation has been anchored by veteran right-handers Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola.

But with Wheeler out for the season and Nola struggling through an injury-plagued 2025 season , the Phillies will instead start a left-hander in Cristopher Sánchez Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers on Saturday.

By itself, that is by no means unusual. But the Phillies may also then roll out a left-handed starter in Game 2 -- and potentially another one in Game 3.

That's where it goes from unusual to almost unprecedented.

Though Phillies manager Rob Thomson wouldn't reveal his rotation beyond starting Sánchez for Game 1, it's very likely that fellow left-handers Ranger Suárez and Jesús Luzard

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