The FO is in a precarious spot regarding the 2018 rotation. A rotation of Sale/Price/Pom/Porcello/EdRod is excellent, but with Price’s two DL stints for scary arm injuries and EdRod’s recurring knee problems (and surgery), it would seem we’d need a legit major league starter as a #6 to enter the season.
Of course, no decent FA would sign knowing as a #6, and the ones that would might not be worth rostering. And anyone we’d acquire would have to accept the role. Steven Wright’s 2016 would fit perfectly, but who knows if he’s still that guy.
The way I see it, the options are:
— Trade for a starter (guys like McCarthy, Ryu, Hammel, Travis Wood, Garza, Iwakuma)
— Sign a scrap heap FA (Colon, Jesse Chavez, Buchholz, et al.)
— Look in-house (Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, Elias, Beeks)
— Trade for a failed starter and convert him to a multi-inning reliever/swingman (hoping for someone like Brad Peacock)
Thoughts?
Of course, no decent FA would sign knowing as a #6, and the ones that would might not be worth rostering. And anyone we’d acquire would have to accept the role. Steven Wright’s 2016 would fit perfectly, but who knows if he’s still that guy.
The way I see it, the options are:
— Trade for a starter (guys like McCarthy, Ryu, Hammel, Travis Wood, Garza, Iwakuma)
— Sign a scrap heap FA (Colon, Jesse Chavez, Buchholz, et al.)
— Look in-house (Wright, Johnson, Velazquez, Elias, Beeks)
— Trade for a failed starter and convert him to a multi-inning reliever/swingman (hoping for someone like Brad Peacock)
Thoughts?
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