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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
how do you get to 1/5th of a rotation.
They already have Gausman, Trey, Berrios, Lauer, Francis all as potential candidates, with the first 2 being the most important starters from their run.
"On paper" they have more than 1/5th of a rotation.
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Gausman is the only guy they have that I would lock in as a starter next year. Yesavage is a freak and he will be great but as I pointed out, we just went through this with Manoah. I don't think Yesavage is a bust, but the jump to the MLB is not that easy and progress is not linear. He could easily take a small step back and not be a factor into the rotation next year. Berrios is cooked, I'll be shocked if he's back. Lauer and Francis could be fine. They could also be very below average and off the team by July. Ofcourse you are hoping Lauer stays the same as he was this year and Francis shows up like he did at the end of 2024. Neither of those are locks and I wouldn't even expect them to be likely.
The Jays will need a minimum of two top of the rotation starters and realistically they'll want a 4th or 5th guy as well. Going in with Gausman Yesavage Berrios Lauer and Francis would be scary as hell.
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
We'll see.
Last years 74 win team full of underperforming players was the extreme outlier, not this years 94 win team that still had room for improvement from some of the players.
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I agree.
I think they're both outliers on either side and the team is in the middle. And now they've lost one of their best players and half their rotation.