If you read between the lines of Dave Dombrowski’s meeting with the media Monday, you get the sense that the president of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies thinks adding another starting pitcher is the team’s top priority.
While Dombrowski seemed relatively certain that reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper will return in 2022, the Phillies seem to be taking a bit more of a hope for the best approach with righty Zach Eflin.
“With Eflin, it’s a little bit tougher situation and I feel badly for him,” Dombrowski admitted Monday. “There’s nothing really structurally wrong from all the tests that have been done.