After losing our best pitcher from 2018 to free agency, Zack Greinke getting older, Taijuan Walker still recovering from Tommy John surgery, and down years from Robbie Ray and Zack Godley, it might be pretty easy to feel pessimistic about our starting rotation this year.
However, while we have lost a true ace in Patrick Corbin, the rotation for 2019 is still looking to be good, with FanGraphs rating it slightly above average with a projection of 11.2 fWAR for 2019 (15th-best).
But could it be better than that?