A farewell to arms is not a reference to the Ernest Hemingway novel but the status of the Boston Red Sox rotation. If baseball had a version of emergency road service for starters then Boston would have it on speed dial. This is a central clearinghouse for damaged goods and with the three most notorious offenders – David Price, Chris Sale, and Nathan Eovaldi – it means $80 Million in payroll.
So just where do you get pitching that is less suspect then the above-mentioned trio? The free-agent list is rather extensive, but the real goods are expensive and the cheap ones just potential pitching pinatas.