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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Yeah, if the Jays are going with what they've got, hopefully some arms emerge. They have a lot of mud to sling at the wall, some of it has to stick you would think.
People forget that Robbie Ray was a very high end starter from 2017-19. He just walked a touch too many batters, so he tried to tweak his delivery for 2020 and it blew up in his face. Hopefully an off season to go back to what he was doing before will get him back to a 3+ WAR starter. He's only 28 and has elite stuff.
And Pearson has all the tools to be an elite starter too. He just needs experience, and to stay healthy.
If those two things happen, the Jays rotation is in much better shape, and between Matz, Roark, Stripling, Chatwood, Thornton, Kay, Hatch, etc, etc they should be able to find a couple of average at worst starters.
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I think Ray and Matz are better than they are getting credit for. Roark I am not so sure. I guess my main concern is that I don't think anyone in this rotation is going to get passed the 6th inning very often and I think that is going to put a lot of pressure on the bullpen. I also think that they would be smart to roll a 6 man rotation, there is a lot of health question marks with this team so going 6 deep will help lessen the load and help make sure you get guys as deep into the season as possible.
Ryu
Ray
Pearson
Matz
Roark
Hatch/Kay/Stripling
I think Merriweather and Chatwood are probably best used as 2 inning relievers, especially with their injury histories, I also think they both have plus stuff coming out of the pen.