The 2010 Rotation

[Little Slide Rooter]

I know this is discussed at times in multiple threads, but I figure its an important enough topic to warrant one of its own.

 

Its starting too looke more and more like Z isnt going anywhere, and Harden is in fact going somewhere else. This being said, as of now, we have

 

Zambrano

Lilly

Dempster

Wells

 

Now do they consider Dempster and Wells to be the 3 and 4, and allow Gorz, Mrashall, Shark, and maybe Diamond and Atkins to compete for the 5th spot, or will they go after a number 3 type starter, or perhaps go all out in pursuit of another top of the rotation gut like Lackey, or a more risky option like Bedard or Sheets? If looking for a back end starter, there are guys like Garland, Ducherer(or whatever), Randy Wolf, Piniero, Doug Davis, and several other seimiarly mediocre options. The problem with these options is that they may or may not be any kind of upgrade from what we already have lined up.

 

If it were up to me, Id like to at least explore a trade for Halladay, or see what Lackey wants, maybe see if Sheets or Bedard would accept an incentive filled deal. Otherwise, just let our guys compete for the job, hope Lilly can do what hes did this year and that Z doesnt.

[Tim M]

I'd be fine staying in house for the 5th starter. Gorzellany has shown me enough that I feel confident he'd be a perfectly acceptable back end guy in the NL. It wouldn't surprise me to see Hendry go after Sheets as a fill in at some point, a lot like the Red Sox did with Smoltz. I'm not as upset with potentially losing Harden as some are on here. He really hasn't had a good year and with his injury history I'd feel hesitant to give him a multi-year deal.