Daily News | Where the Andrew Painter and Ranger Suárez injuries leave the Phillies’ pitching rotation
All that was missing was Dave Dombrowski dressing up likeraising both arms amid the pitching turmoil, and declaring, “Remain calm. All is well.”
It’s too soon to fire up the DEFCON meter, but let’s talk about the Phillies’ pitching depth. Over the past week, as it grew more apparent that Painter wouldn’t be ready to open the season even if his MRI came back clean, Bailey Falter became the frontrunner for the fifth-starter spot. Fine. Falter had a 3.76 ERA in 16 starts last season, including a 2.54 mark while Wheeler was on the injured list. There’s a chance he would’ve beaten out Painter for the job anyway.
All along, the Phillies planned to fill the fifth-starter spot internally with a “youngster,” as Dombrowski put it in November. They trusted that Painter had both the exceeding talent and maturity to handle being part of the season-opening rotation, even though he would’ve been the first 19-year-old to break camp with the Phillies since Larry Christenson in 1973.
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