Phillies free agency target: Starting pitcher Patrick Corbin

The best pitcher on the free agent market could be targeted by the Phillies

Patrick Corbin is a pitcher I’ve targeted as a future Phillies starter for a couple of months, first highlighting him in May as a player to watch. A lot of the players on the west coast don’t have as much notoriety as those on the east coast, and Corbin falls into that gap.

Drafted in the second round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft by the Angels, Corbin was traded to Arizona in the Dan Haren deal along with Rafael Rodriguez, Tyler Skaggs and Joe Saunders in 2010.

Corbin joined the major league staff in 2012 and in his second year he earned a trip to the All-Star game. The lefty finished 2013 with a 14-8 record and…