Good morning! Are you off from work yet? Hopefully you are.
Some tidbits:
BUCH-SHOT: As reported Tuesday, Clay Buchholz is a member of the Phillies. He’ll probably start the season in the rotation, along with Jeremy Hellickson, Aaron Nola, Vince Velasquez and Jerad Eickhoff.
That group is decent, but it all depends on health. *If* Nola is healthy and pitching as we expect, and *if* Velasquez can stay healthy and become more efficient, and *if* Buchholz stays healthy and trusts his stuff, the Phillies have a slightly-better-than-league-average rotation. Of course, that’s also dependent on*if* Hellickson and Eickhoff remain steady and capable of delivering quality starts.