The Phillies’ focus is on the postseason for now, but when that’s over — whether it ends in glory or heartbreak — the next big question for them to solve is what to do with the 2025 rotation.
One of the pieces to that puzzle, at some point in the season, could be Andrew Painter. But that wouldn’t be the case if the Chicago White Sox had had their way.
According to a feature from ESPN‘s Buster Olney and Jesse Rogers — self-explanatorily titled “Inside the 2024 White Sox’s road to MLB’s all-time worst record” — Painter factored heavily into Chicago’s trade deadline aspirations, with Chris Getz’s front office requesting that Painter be included in a return from the Phillies for Garrett Crochet.