Philadelphia Phillies: 3 starting pitchers the team should pursue
The Philadelphia Phillies have had the pleasant surprise of Vince Velasquez not just filling the void left by Matt Moore in the starting rotation, but actually putting together his best consecutive starts in recent memory.
Unfortunately, I do not have high expectations for Vinny Velo to keep up the out-of-the-ordinary outings that he has given the Phils thus far in 2021.
Though I am not completely sold on Chase Anderson either, his past leaves more room for an optimistic “wait and see” approach in terms of finding his groove and putting together more quality starts than we have seen out of him to this point.
With that said, there are a few teams that seem to be falling by the wayside early in the 2021 campaign that have pitchers Dave Dombrowski should consider poaching before it’s too late.
The Philadelphia Phillies should start poking around the starting pitcher trade market.
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The first pitcher the Philadelphia Phillies should consider going after is the Colorado Rockies’ German Márquez. Outside of one horrendous start and another not so hot start against the San Francisco Giants, German Márquez has pitched relatively well. He has put together 4 quality starts, and was one out away from from a 5th in early April. If you take away the game he threw batting practice to the Giants, Márquez would have a 3.96 ERA while pitching half his games in the infamous Coors Field.
Not only would he be a great addition to the rotation, but he also won a Silver Slugger in 2018 so he’s not too shabby with the stick either. Márquez’s contract does go up to 11 million next year, and 15 million the following.
Knowing the Rockies and their never ending cycle of trading their top talent for bunches of prospects, on top of the impossible hill to climb in the NL West because of the expensive rosters of the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, Márquez may be considered a hot commodity this July.