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Phillies 5th Starter Battle Heats Up

As spring training opened in Clearwater a few weeks ago, the first four spots in the 2016 rotation were nearly guaranteed to belong to veteran newcomers Charlie Morton and Jeremy Hellickson and young holdovers Aaron Nola and Jerad Eickhoff.

Assuming those four were healthy, they would be heading north with the Phillies when the team broke camp in early April. That health issue has actually already popped up with Eickhoff, though it appears that he is now getting back on track.