The Phillies rotation is the picture of potential. Blown up recently with the selling of assets Hudson Quin and Owen Uridge, it was revamped with free agent newcomer Joel Embiid and Season 1 Cy-Young candidate Hudson Hildebrandt. The rotation could have been made better for it. Mainstay Oliver Yu just continues to get more dominant as time goes on, and it seems this low-scoring Phillies team doesn't need to score all that many runs.

Of course, with all high-potential rotations, the risk of failure is as great as the risk of success. Whether Embiid shows to be a good third man or whether Hildebrandt can regain his Washington form remains to be seen. The Phillies sit 2 games outside of the wildcard, however, and have begun making season altering moves to try to push themselves closer in the final sessions of the season.

Oliver Yu/Hudson Hildebrandt

Embiid has no IP



Innings Pitched: 28.0 / 17.1

Earned Runs Allowed: 14 / 8

ERA: 3.00 / 2.77

WHIP: 1.14 / 1.04

Strikeouts: 20 / 16

D/BF: 250.43 / 277.17

pWAR: 0.45 / 0.34

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