Just want to start a thread for more specific rotation discussion. Lot of shit talking here on Pivetta I hope can go away. IMO he's a very solid "no. 3" (whatever that means). Overall I'm a fan of the rotation with Rodriguez, Eovaldi as a near dominant 1,2 (assuming health), Pivetta as the 3. I'll take Perez as a 5th starter too.
Richards.... not sure. I do think he needs more starts before any decisions are made, but there's some options out there to bring a new starter in- or ways even to configure a 4 man rotation with a bullpen game every 5th time.
Discussion about a deal for Scherzer (who I thought they should have broke the bank for back in '14) but depends what the $ is for the cap along with who DC would want in return.
Sale comes up and can pitch 3 inning stints with Whitlock behind him (or vice versa)... or some other version.
Houk just takes over the spot (innings limits?) as a regular starter or some version of bullpen games to keep the arms fresh.
But Pivetta looked great and I think Bloom found a gem there.
Richards.... not sure. I do think he needs more starts before any decisions are made, but there's some options out there to bring a new starter in- or ways even to configure a 4 man rotation with a bullpen game every 5th time.
Discussion about a deal for Scherzer (who I thought they should have broke the bank for back in '14) but depends what the $ is for the cap along with who DC would want in return.
Sale comes up and can pitch 3 inning stints with Whitlock behind him (or vice versa)... or some other version.
Houk just takes over the spot (innings limits?) as a regular starter or some version of bullpen games to keep the arms fresh.
But Pivetta looked great and I think Bloom found a gem there.