Phillies: Ranking the team’s top 5 starting pitchers in 2021

5. Chase Anderson, RHP

• 2-4, 6.96 ERA
• 8 starts (0 quality starts)
• 32 1/3 innings pitched
• 25 runs (25 earned runs) allowed; 7 home runs allowed
• 16 walks, 26 strikeouts

Eight-year veteran Chase Anderson is essentially the “lesser of the evils” when it comes to choosing the fifth-best Phillies starting pitcher so far in 2021. While Anderson has not thrown a quality start, he did toss three outings allowing two runs or fewer spanning five innings each.

The Phillies have recently opted to use the Wichita Falls, Texas, native out of the bullpen, yet even then he has recorded a dismal 13.50 ERA in 2 2/3 innings — while allowing five hits, four runs (all earned), and one walk.

The Rest

Matt Moore, Spencer Howard, and David Hale are the three other Phillies pitchers who have appeared this season as starters. They do not make this top 5 ranking for many reasons, the most obvious being their inability to limit runs and earned runs allowed and/or pitch deep into games.

Matt Moore, LHP

• 0-1, 9.82 ERA
• 3 starts (0 quality starts)
• 11 innings pitched
• 13 runs (12 earned runs) allowed; 4 home runs allowed
• 9 walks, 12 strikeouts

Spencer Howard, RHP

• 0-1, 6.00 ERA
• 1 start (0 quality starts)
• 3 innings pitched
• 2 runs (2 earned runs) allowed; 0 home runs allowed
• 4 walks, 5 strikeouts

David Hale, RHP

• 0-1, 3.00 ERA
• 1 start (0 quality starts)
• 3 innings pitched
• 1 run (1 earned run) allowed; 1 home run allowed
• 1 walk, 4 strikeouts