Bi-Weekly Report Card: 5th Starter + Q&A

The Philadelphia Phillies are currently 22-24, sitting seven games back from the division. They’ve played inconsistent baseball with two different five-plus game-losing streaks and a five-game winning streak, all since April 30th.

Here’s a section on the fifth starter spot and all of the questions you asked, I’ll be back in two weeks.

Fifth Starter Spot

The situation is down to the worst-case scenario. Andrew Painter was the first choice before being hurt in camp, Bailey Falter was next but he’s down in AAA after an ERA over five in his last four starts, and the other internal options haven’t impressed.

Cristopher Sánchez was supposed to be a potential option but has an ERA over 6 in AAA,…