This offseason, everyone knows the Phillies need to acquire rotation help. They have several avenues to do so, one of which is free agency. The club has expressed interest in acquiring help through trade rather than through free agency, but they may still wind up having to go through the free agent market.
Surprisingly, many of the better starting pitchers that hit free agency this winter are still available here in January. The top starter to be signed according to MLB Trade Rumors’ rankings was C.C. Sabathia. Otherwise, the only notable starters to be signed were Jhoulys Chacin and Tyler Chatwood.