A single superstar can be the foundation. Get one and the building can begin in earnest. "Over the last couple of years it has been, as I call it, an experiment," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said last week in describing the team's 2015 and 2016 seasons. "We're trying to find out who's going to fit in and bide time until we're going to spend a little bit of money and make our move."