Adam Eaton

The Phils seem to have gone into full panic mode and now are just throwing money at anyone they can find. The Phils lost out on their main goal of getting a big time power threat, from the free agent pool, to protect Ryan Howard. Since the trade market is pretty barren in that respect the Phils have retooled their efforts towards their pitching staff. All the best free agent pitchers won't even look at the home run haven of Philly, they have to look past Zito and Schmidt and to the second tier pitchers. Again the Phils first option, of keeping Randy Wolf, bolted for the Dodgers so enter ...

Realistically Eaton isn't going to fix any of Philly's problems but it should be a solid 3-5 starter for this team. He never really panned out, he was an early first round pick, but has never won more than 11 games, had an ERA lower than 4.08, or pitched more than 130 innings in two years. When it comes down to it hes an good upside pitcher who can't stay healthy. One more thing, he has a slight tendency to be a fly ball pitcher and is going to park that eats fall ball pitchers for lunch.
Alright so we over payed but the Phils now have a solid rotation

1. Cole Hamels 9-8 4.08

2. Bret Myers 12-7 3.91

3. John Lieber 9-11 4.93

4. Jamie Moyer 11-14 4.30

5. Adam Eaton 7-4 5.12

If they all pitch the way they are capable of it could be a decent season. All we need is for Hamels to continue to develop, Moyer continues to defy time, Myers stays out of trouble, and Eaton stays healthy.