Heading into Spring Training, the Phillies rotation is set, made up of three young guys (Aaron Nola, Vince Velasquez, and Jerad Eickhoff) and two veterans (Jeremy Hellickson and Clay Buchholz).
Who will get the Opening Day start for the team? That’s to be determined. What we do know is the team’s destiny lives on the arms of the young guys, all with varying skill-sets but with one thing in common: mental toughness.
“One of the things that stood out in the short time we’ve seen them is their emotional maturity on the mound,” Phillies broadcaster Larry Andersen recently told Philly.