We’ve talked quite a bit about Aaron Nola and Vince Velasquez. We’ve taken a shining to Jerad Eickhoff. And we’ve seen what Jake Thompson and Zach Eflin can do with some major league experience.
Ben Lively is now here. Mark Appel? We hope soon.
But right now, at least, the best starting pitcher in the Phillies system may be Nick Pivetta, somewhat forgotten, but looking more and more like a real steal.
Pivetta, as you may remember, was acquired in the 2015 deadline-period deal that sent beleaguered reliever Jonathan Papelbon to Washington, in a move that didn’t quite work out for the Nationals.