Pondering 4 Taijuan Walker Replacements For Phillies After Disastrous Campaign [Video]

The Philadelphia Phillies had one of the best rotations in baseball last season. Their top four starters all performed at ace caliber levels, but Taijuan Walker filled the fifth starter spot and he was so bad that it dragged the entire team down.

Walker made 15 starts for the Phillies where he posted a 7.10 ERA, -1.6 WAR, 1.72 WHIP, and was handed seven losses. He was absolutely unplayable, yet Philadelphia didn’t address the rotation at the trade deadline.

Now that the offseason is here, the Phillies can explore multiple different routes to replacing Walker including free agency and the trade market.

Andrew Painter, Philadelphia Phillies Triple-A affiliateThe most obvious, and easiest, solution in the Phillies rotation is to elevate top prospect …