With veterans Félix Hernández and Wade LeBlanc headed to Orioles camp on minor league deals, there are far fewer questions about the starting rotation than there were even before Alex Cobb was traded earlier this week.
When Cobb was in the fold, he was a shoo-in to start along with former All-Star John Means. Rookies Dean Kremer and Keegan Akin were set up well to join them based on how their debuts went in 2020. But any number of players could have had a claim to the fifth spot.
Jorge López, a waiver claim last year, is out of minor league options and showed flashes of being able to hold that spot down in 2020.