Matt Moore #45, formerly of the San Francisco Giants (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Remember the days of Randy Wolf and Eric Milton, or Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee? The Philadelphia Phillies always seemed to have a reliable left-handed starting pitcher in their rotation in the early days of the Citizens Bank Park era.
Recently, however, a southpaw starter donning red pinstripes has been hard to come by. Since the 2016 season, only six different left-handed Phillies pitchers have started a game — Adam Morgan (21 starts), Drew Smyly (12), Jason Vargas (11), Ranger Suarez (3), Cole Irvin (3), and Jose Alvarez (1).