The Philadelphia Phillies have one of the most dangerous offenses in all of baseball, which played a role in them earning a bye, but could it also be their weakness?

As MLB.com’s Manny Randhawa looked for ways to beat each of the teams that earned a bye week heading into the Division Series, his hole in the powerhouse Philadelphia team came up on the board.

“Phillies hitters saw a higher percentage of breaking balls (32.9%) from opposing pitchers than any other team during the regular season, and the result was a 16th-ranked .276 xwOBA.” Randawa said. “And considering that Philadelphia hitters just had a month where their chase rate was 34.1% (the third-highest chase rate of any month this season), it seems like a good time to get heavy to deal with breaking stuff outside the strike zone.”

The Phillies begin their NLDS series against the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon. The Mets had one of the MLB’s best pitching staffs during the second half of the season and could pose a real threat to Philadelphia.

New York will likely field a rotation of David Peterson, Luis Severino, Sean Manea and Jose Quintana in this series.

Peterson, who will likely take the mound in the first game of the series, only throws breaking balls about a quarter of the time.

His worst throw this year, previously a strong point, was his slider. Batters are doing very well this year. He also doesn’t get many hitters to chase.

Severino doesn’t generate many chases either, but still scores slightly above average.

The 30-year-old has a slider that he throws just under 25% of the time and does so with relative success. His sinker is by far his best throw.

Manaea has put together perhaps the best year of his career and has done so thanks to a great sinker-slider duo. He will be one of the most threatening pitchers they will face.

Phillies sluggers have already faced Manaea three times this season and each time they have had quite different results. However, he did register two quality starts against them.

Quintana shut down the Philadelphia offense just a few weeks ago when he pitched seven scoreless innings. Ironically, he’s the one who doesn’t throw a breaking ball, opting for more off-speed stuff.

In close games, the Phillies can expect a heavy dose of a killer slider from Mets closer Edwin Diaz.

Breaking the ball has likely been a big focus for this staff as they have taken the time to prepare during the bye period. Hitters can expect to continue to see a good dose of them from this New York pitching staff.