Nationals have aces in spades

There are many ways to quantify pitching greatness and, by many popular measures, the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies had the best starting rotation in the wild-card era that began in 1994. Between Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt and Vance Worley, there are 18 career all-star selections and three Cy Young Awards. Halladay, Lee and Hamels each had ERAs under 2.80 that season. The rotation posted a collective 2.86 ERA in leading the Phillies to 102 wins. But that juggernaut was felled in the first round of the playoffs.Read full article >>





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