Olney puts Phillies in top 6 of MLB Rotations

Written by Mike Mariano | 09 February 2010

Here's how Buster Olney sees the Phillies in his top 5 rotations around baseball:

Let's add this:

5a. Phillies: Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, J.A. Happ, Jamie Moyer. The Phillies would have been No. 1 if they had Halladay, Lee and Hamels 1-2-3.

I'm surprised by this, frankly.  Obviously in a talk about top 3 staffs Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, + anyone, would be in the top 5 conversation, but on a complete rotation level I didn't see the Phillies this high.  Blanton and Happ could very well be above-average to good in their respective roles, but Moyer is a total wildcard at this point in his career.  This is of the best that the MLB has to offer?  Eh.  And no thanks to Buster for bringing up the fact that we could have the holy triumvirate of Cole, Roy, Cliff, because it ruins my day every time.