Which new Phillie will have the greatest influence in 2025? – Phillie’s nation

Jordan Romano, Jesús Luzardo, Max Kepler or Joe Ross: Which new Phillies acquisition has the greatest influence in 2025?

Phillie’s nation Readers can weigh down at the bottom. Here are our own thoughts:

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Ty Daubert – Editorial director – Jesús Luzardo

With a squad that will look quite similar in the way it did in 2024, the Phillies run their best run in an impact supplement when they exchanged this winter against Luzardo. Two years ago, he showed the Marlins that he can record in sports like one of the better starters, and this ability makes Luzardo more exciting than any other offseason acquisition that the team did.

Of course, he tried to stay healthy last season and has to prove that he can stay on the field in 2025, but the upward trend is obvious. Luzardo has the opportunity to increase a phillies rotation that has already been one of the best units in the main leagues when the club tries to drive its employees into a World Series.

Bailey Digh – Staff Writer – Jordan Romano

Romano has a year in a year. Due to injuries, he appeared in 15 games and achieved a 6.59 Era. He is now healthy. The right -hander who returns to shape would make a major contribution to keeping the Phillies Bullpen among the best in baseball.

Romano was a two-time all-star between 2021 and 2023. During this time he recorded 95 parades, stood on a melody of 2.37 ERA and recorded a war of 3.8. Romano also had a strike rate of 30.3% and 9.2% Walk rate between ’21 and ’23.

Romano, who returns to the form, could mean that he will become closer to the Phillies. It could mean that he fills Jeff Hoffman’s old role and comes to the stickest situations, regardless of the inning. The former feels more likely.

The bet here is not only that Romano will be the ninth inning type for Rob Thomson, free Orion Kerkering to take over the Hoffman role, but also thrive in these roles.

Romano will get a lock closer again. Kerkering, one ago a season, becomes the new Hoffman. These two would clear all others to do their work and enable the Phillies Bullpen to keep their status as one of the best in the majors.

The trickle-down effect that Romano is really good will be huge, which means that its signing will be the most unreserved movements of the Phillies outside of the season.

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Nathan Ackerman – Staff Writer – Jesus Luzardo

Of the four, Luzardo is clearly the best player. He was a starter in the top half of the rotation for two years before the injuries dropped last season, and at 27 in this entire regular season he was supposed to enter his heyday, while the other three will be 32 at the end of season.

You could argue that its effects are restricted by a lack of position value, since the Phillies already had an elite start -up trotation without it. I would not agree. Another great season from Luzardo would either give the Phillies another weapon from the Bullpen in October (probably Ranger Suárez?) Or a pillow to withstand an injury or an under -performance in the rotation after the season.

Luzardo also helps the Phillies to avoid the fifth disease they had last year because it is also important in March-September. He is the best player in the bunch, could indirectly help the Bullpen to do almost as much as Romano and Ross, and turns a strength into a super strength that could help push them over the top.

Destiny Lugardo – Site Director – Max Kepler

I hate to make this an argument for war dollars, but here is the thing with Kepler: even in years in which he is injured and is not at the best side, he produces a victory over the replacement per season. The teams pay an average of around 8 million US dollars for a win on the Free Agent Market. The Phillies gave him $ 10 million.

This is the floor. The Phillies rely on the fact that there is a higher ceiling than what he has shown with Minnesota in his recent years. Kepler and trainer Kevin Long have already worked on swing changes that he seems to be optimistic about. He also seems to be the idea of ​​playing in Philadelphia after spending almost half of his life in the Twin organization.

The best scenario is that Kepler is this year’s version of Jurickson Profar. Profar has signed a one-year contract for $ 2 million from San Diego Padres.

That is not impossible. Kepler could have the kind of season that Phillies at least think about that he is the qualified offer at the end of the year.

Even if he does not remove the Profarbreakout, he has the potential to achieve more than 20 Homeruns and operate a walk rate that hovers around 10%. This is quite valuable when the expectation is that it comes close to the end of the order.