5 pitchers who will be in the Phillies’ 2025 Opening Day starting rotation
Which five starters will begin 2025 in the rotation?
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Ranger Suárez is a lock for the 2025 Opening Day rotation / Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
The Philadelphia Phillies rotation has established itself as one of the best in Major League Baseball over the last week with all five starters impressing as the Phillies have won seven of their last eight games.
The stellar performances of co-aces Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola should come as no surprise to Phillies fans. The sheer dominance of Ranger Suárez, Cristopher Sánchez and unexpected fifth starter Spencer Turnbull has helped a Phillies team that was hovering around .500 a week ago make a full-scale turnaround that currently has them sitting at 15-9 and just 2.0 games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place in the NL East.
It’s still hard to fathom the scope of what Phillies pitchers accomplished last week versus the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox. In 44 1/3 innings, Phillies starters collectively allowed only three earned runs and 22 hits while striking out 48 and only walking eight. Digging further, we saw a 112-pitch complete-game shutout from Suárez, followed by Turnbull and Wheeler flirting with no-hitters. Production from the starting rotation is off the charts right now.
