Matt Moore’s road to the 2021 Phillies did not hew to the track the prospect prognosticators presaged. In a nearby possible world Moore has become a world-beater. The Phillies would have signed an about-to-leave his prime perennial all-star whom the Rays decided they simply could not pay anymore. Another lance honed keen, he would have added a baffling lefty to the Phillies dominant righties at the top of the rotation. The Phillies would have the consensus best rotation in the NL East.
In the actual world, however, Matt Moore’s rise to acedom derailed more than half a decade ago when his ulnar collateral ligament snapped.