Daily News | Phillies’ 2023 rotation will depend on attrition (Wheeler/Nola), an addition (Painter), and a Suárez breakout
It’s hard to add a legitimate playoff-caliber rotation piece for a reasonable price. We saw that at the trade deadline this past August, when the Phillies were unable to make a serious play for a starting pitcher who might have made a difference in the postseason. We saw that on the free-agent market last offseason, when Noah Syndergaard signed a $21 million contract for one season with the Angels.
I don’t think it’s fair to say that Nola and Wheeler will enter 2023 as question marks. But you also can’t ignore the fact that they combined to allow 20 earned runs in 23⅔ innings in their last five starts of the postseason. Wheeler’s year began with a bout of shoulder soreness that sidelined him for the Grapefruit League schedule and bumped back his first regular-season start. He then battled forearm tendinitis that shut him down for a few weeks in August and September.
Like Wheeler and Nola, Suárez is coming off a career high in innings. He finished 2022 with 170 between the regular season and postseason. His previous career high was 106 in 2021. Unlike Wheeler and Nola, he is only 27 years old and has less than 350 career innings of wear and tear on his body. There were times this postseason when he looked like a pitcher poised for a breakout.
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