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A team-by-team look at the American League Central entering spring training, including key players each club a...

AL Central teams at the start of spring training By The Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021 GMT ___ 2020: 36-24, first place, lost to Houston in first round of playoffs. Training Town: Fort Myers, Florida. Park: Hammond Stadium at CenturyLink Sports Complex. First Workout: Feb. 19/23. He’s Here: SS Andrelton Simmons, RHP Alex Colomé, LHP J.A. Happ, RHP Hansel Robles, RHP Shaun Anderson, RHP Ian Hamilton, OF Keon Broxton, LHP Andrew Albers. ADVERTISEMENT He’s Outta Here: LF Eddie Rosario, RHP Sergio Romo, RHP Trevor May, RHP Jake Odorizzi, INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez, LHP Rich Hill, RHP Tyler Cl...

None of the three broke camp with the Phillies.  The Phillies, perhaps in part due to a lack of planning before the season started (though no one can be faulted for being unprepared for the COVID-altered season even in hindsight) wound up missing the playoffs due in large part to a terrible bullpen and lack of pitching depth.  The Phillies are not going to let that be their downfall in 2021. "I like the club that [President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski] and [GM] Sam [Fuld] and everyone has put together but there are so many things that have to go right and health is the first one,...

With the addition of those last two, it appeared the Phillies' rotation was more or less set — or at least the competition was set, with Aaron Nola's, Zack Wheeler's and Zach Eflin's names written in ink atop the rotation, and Moore and Anderson battling for the final two spots with the likes of Spencer Howard, Vince Velasquez and possibly Ivan Nova.  Even if they wanted to go with a modified six-man rotation, with three starters splitting the final two vacant spots, the Phillies still appeared to have one starter too many, which is why it was surprising to see this report from MLB.com's M...

Phillies need some bargain pitching to finally work out Share this story Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Phillies continue to add starting pitchers to their 40-man roster in an attempt to provide depth and, hopefully, potential upside. The team has officially announced a one-year, $3 million deal with Matt Moore, who pitched last season in Japan. Moore made 15 starts and, in 85 innings, had an ERA of 3.60, struck out 10.4 batters per nine, walked 2.8 per nine and had a WHIP of 1.118. I've watched six minutes of Matt Moore in Japan highlights and can officially say th...