The Phillies will head into 2025 with a rotation that’s five deep after trading for former Marlins left-handed starter Jesús Luzardo.
One of the great clichés in baseball is you can’t have too much starting pitching. Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sánchez, Aaron Nola, Ranger Suárez and Spencer Turnbull combined for a 3.14 ERA over 767 innings in 2024. They were 81-49 when those five pitchers started a game. The five other non-openers used in the rotation combined for a 7.53 over 132 2/3 innings. They were 14-15 in those games.
The Phillies had quality, but not enough quantity.