djmo

Remember the days when there were only about four statistical pitching benchmarks to go by? Not to be overly Bert Blyleven about it (i.e., super basic and repetitive) but from outward appearances, this rotation (except maybe for Gibson) seems likely to consistently deliver quality or near-quality starts (imagine Bert's voice) and might be capable of getting on a roll. No more 4+ innings in the box score every third game (one can hope). It's maybe a little old-school to look at it that way, and yeah, no "ace" exactly, but consistent, stable performances on a daily basis would be a vast improvement, even over 2017.

Posting from New York - wind & rain setting in. Seems kinda unlikely they'll get a game in, but maybe they'll play in light rain given that they already have a day game scheduled for tomorrow.