One thing to keep in mind as far as starters go is that Bassitt and Scherzer are gone next year, Gausman is gone the year after that. So there is going to be some rebuilding of the rotation happening over the next couple of seasons, so if they feel they can get a deal on a starter with control now they might take a look at it.
There are a lot of exciting options and a lot of question marks in the organization as far as starters go.
Manoah and Francis are big question marks going forward, not too sure what you are going to get from either player at this point.
Jake Bloss, Adam Macko and Lazaro Estrada all show potential, but all have struggled at AAA.
Ricky Tiedemann Hasn't pitched in a year.
The next wave afer that has been really impressive, Trey Yesavage, Kendry Rojas, Khal Stephan, but they all just made it to AA. So they probably won't factor in till late next year at the earliest.
So if you can get a front of the rotation starter at a bargain you have to at least look at it now, but it will most likely happen in the offseason.
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