{"id":533924,"date":"2026-01-23T05:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:24:16","slug":"phillies-predicted-to-add-all-star-to-rotation-for-zack-wheeler-reason-after-missing-out-on-bo-bichette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/533924\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies predicted to add All-Star to rotation for Zack Wheeler reason after missing out on Bo Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\/news\/phillies-predicted-add-all-star-zack-wheeler-bo-bichette\/be8187dd0fc1a600ccdab952?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phillies predicted to add All-Star to rotation for Zack Wheeler reason after missing out on Bo Bichette;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phillies predicted to add All-Star to rotation for Zack Wheeler reason after missing out on Bo Bichette<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Missing out on Bo Bichette was a tough loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Philadelphia Phillies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a>\u2019 offseason plans, and they even made that known after it happened. There\u2019s also reason to believe the Phillies could use another arm, which some have suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Kline of FanSided recently predicted that the Phillies would turn to veteran right-hander Chris Bassitt as a short-term solution, especially with uncertainty surrounding Zack Wheeler\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhiffing on Bo Bichette set the Philadelphia Phillies back a lot,\u201d Kline <a href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/mlb\/mlb-offseason-predictions-with-heavyweight-hitters-off-the-board-major-trades-loom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThere is no clear path to a major lineup upgrade at this point, meaning Dave Dombrowski probably turns his attention to fine-tuning the rotation. Philadelphia needs someone to eat innings while Zack Wheeler rehabs his elbow. Bassitt, 36, has made his reputation on durability. He still misses barrels with a healthy mix of off-speed pitches, and he can move into a bullpen role if such a need arises, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bassitt has built his career on getting outs at the highest level and has been available a ton in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>For a team with World Series hopes, innings matter, especially while Wheeler works his way back. The Phillies also lost Ranger Suarez and given how big Wheeler\u2019s injury is, there\u2019s no guarantee that he\u2019ll come back and do what he usually does.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>I also like how Kline mentioned a bullpen role. Even if that were to happen in the playoffs, there\u2019s always value in having a veteran arm like Bassitt ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>More Phillies news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phillies predicted to add All-Star to rotation for Zack Wheeler reason after missing out on Bo Bichette originally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,88,82,29806,4,144,25,4216,40,90,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-533924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bo-bichette","10":"tag-chris-bassitt","11":"tag-christopher-kline","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","15":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","16":"tag-phillies","17":"tag-ranger-suarez","18":"tag-zack-wheeler"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115942750280837662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}