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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1653630" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>They’re not building a starting staff via free agency. </p><p></p><p>Alec Mills has quietly become pretty reliable as a starter. 3.82 ERA over 29 starts and 150 innings in his career. 3.43 ERA over 12 starts and 53 innings this year. You’d like to see some more length there, but some of that is a factor of him getting tossed back and forth from the bullpen. </p><p></p><p>Alzolay and Steele are in the starting rotation now. Thompson will be in the starting rotation before the end of the year. This has obviously been a lost year for Marquez, but he’ll be in the starting rotation as soon as they can possibly put him there. </p><p></p><p>Caleb Kilian (from the Bryant trade) is at AA and will be making his MLB debut some time next year. </p><p></p><p>Jordan Wicks (this year’s first round draft pick) is on a similar time frame. </p><p></p><p>Between Hendricks, Mills, Alzolay, Steele, Thompson, Marquez, Killian, Wicks, and likely two free agent signings - an expensive premier one and a cheaper reclamation project - they’ll have plenty of bodies to throw at the starting pitching staff with the hope that by the end of 2022, they’ll have a great idea of what they have going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1653630, member: 26283"] They’re not building a starting staff via free agency. Alec Mills has quietly become pretty reliable as a starter. 3.82 ERA over 29 starts and 150 innings in his career. 3.43 ERA over 12 starts and 53 innings this year. You’d like to see some more length there, but some of that is a factor of him getting tossed back and forth from the bullpen. Alzolay and Steele are in the starting rotation now. Thompson will be in the starting rotation before the end of the year. This has obviously been a lost year for Marquez, but he’ll be in the starting rotation as soon as they can possibly put him there. Caleb Kilian (from the Bryant trade) is at AA and will be making his MLB debut some time next year. Jordan Wicks (this year’s first round draft pick) is on a similar time frame. Between Hendricks, Mills, Alzolay, Steele, Thompson, Marquez, Killian, Wicks, and likely two free agent signings - an expensive premier one and a cheaper reclamation project - they’ll have plenty of bodies to throw at the starting pitching staff with the hope that by the end of 2022, they’ll have a great idea of what they have going forward. [/QUOTE]
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