This is just a bit of fun, more in the nature of a thought experiment than anything else. But in the wake of both Scherzer’s Cy Young victory, and also my look at free-agent relievers, I wondered what sort of pitching staff we could put together, consisting only of pitchers the Diamondbacks let go?
The rules
I’m going based on 2016 performance: We need a total of close to 162 starts, and getting there is probably going to require more than five starters. We can then figure out how many innings that would give us.