Can the Phillies solve their Bullpen opening internally by converting a starter?

With the news that José Alvarado will not take up this season for the Phillies due to his suspension – which also misses 80 regular season games.

Alvarado was perfect in save situations and this season was a total animal in late Innerings. You have to replace that.

Jordan Romano and Orion Kerkering have been rounded in shape. Matt Strahm was his usual dominant self from the left. But who do you trust in a playoff series?

The Phillies will be likely and rightly aggressive buyers when the trading period approaches, but then the teams sell that they know that they desperately after Bullpen help (and with other teams that also need upgrades), the price could be steep.

There are no student aid views that are willing to explode on the scene, as Kerkering did two years ago – at least not now.

However, there is another area of ​​the strength that could possibly have a phillies and your need for a reliable late network arm.

The Phillies currently have eight starting jugs, either on the roster, on the injured list or in the high minors who have a major influence in 2025 or have a major influence. Perhaps one of them can step in Brett Myers’ footsteps and become a suitable closer type?

In any case, don’t go to the bullpen

Zack Wheeler

Wheeler is one of the five best jugs in baseball and will continue to be the team’s ASS. He pursues a Cy Young award that alludes him in the last seasons, even though he is consistently dominant.

Jesús Luzardo

Luzardo is a sneaky pick -up in this low season and is 4-0 with an ERA of 2.00 and was the best starter in the team so far. It is not moved.

Aaron Nola

Nola was a career -inning eater and does not really have the pitching style to convert to a shorter excursion. He is more finesse than power, at least if he is good. Career-loving battles followed him this season, but a list list could help him heal a sick ankle. He will be given every opportunity to find his groove in the rotation.

Probably a route

Andrew Painter

The Phillies really see painters as the future ass. He is the top pitcher in the farm system and one of the most touted prospects in baseball. He is currently in Triple-A and thrown five innings last week) and was expected to make the jump to the majors this summer. His promotion would go at the expense of a current starter unless he is put in the bullpen.

He is already a flame thrower who has striking strikes. There is a precedent for an ACE view that starts as a helper and then slides back to the start. David Price was out of the pen for the 2008 Rays (who lost to the Phillies in the World Series) before starting a long career as a starter. But it would be surprising to see how he stretched out to start and then quickly play a helper role.

Mick Abel

Abel had a spectacular MLB debut last weekend and clearly looks as if he could find a steady job in the rotation of the Phillies. But he has no experience from the pen. He did 93 Minor League appearances and were all 93 starts. If this were something that the Phillies were considered, they would convert it into Triple-A as soon as possible.

Kris Sánchez

In contrast to the prospects in which we have just been found, Sánchez has 19 appearances as a helper under his belt during his five -year career in the Majors. But he is currently about to publish the outbreak season that many have predicted for him in spring training. He is currently 4-1 with an ERA of 2.91-not really numbers from a starter who is converted shortly before the bullpen.

A good fit

Ranger Suárez

From 2018 to 2021 Suárez had 68 excursions with the Phillies from the Bullpen. In 2021 he actually had a 1.12 ERA over 40.1 Innerings as helpers and ended 13 games. It switched to the rotation in 2022, but during the World Series Run in autumn Suárez actually solved twice in the off -season.

Suárez is a left with a bullpen experience. After a slow and late start by 2025, he looks more like his all-star self. But unless Dave Dombrowski and Company can really make some headlines in July by bringing in several end of the Bullpen arms, it seems how Suárez has to be the man for the job.

Taijuan Walker

Walker is already a converted starter, and while he is expected to start a point in Colorado, he should be back in the bullpen when Nola returns. He is unreliable, but still has the talent to deal with MLB rackets. At his first relief appearance on May 7, Walker threw three frames goalless baseball with seven strikeouts. A week later, he allowed two runs in three innings in his second relief appearance.

Walker will probably be continued in the Swingman role, and although he will probably be a key piece of the Bullpen of the Phillies, he seems to be a 7th or 8th Inning slot in October.

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