I want you to prove that rotation is mediocre. You've said it repeatedly, you are wrong, and I'd like for you to produce some sort of evidence that Zambrano, Harden, Lilly, Marquis, Marshall is a mediocre rotation. it probably isn't, but in light of the health issues of zambrano and harden, you're leaving yourself quite thin in terms of front line pitching when they suffer their (somewhat) inevitable injuries. That added to the fact that relying on Marshall to be in the rotation all year when he's never pitched more than about 160 or so innings. You just have to have depth and only going into the season with 5 guys as starters doesn't make sense for any team, especially one with the so-so track record of this team in terms of going out there every 5th day.