The Phillies need help! Specifically, pitching help. There are some prominent free agents on the market, but who makes the most sense? Fans will be the first to say that they need to sign Gerrit Cole. Cole is the premier free agent of the offseason. Cole is the obvious choice to bolster any rotation, but let’s look at that for a moment.
If the Phillies are, as owner John Middleton states, get objectively better, the move here is to go get Cole. However, to do that, the Phillies will most likely be forced to go over the luxury tax.