I wrote this just before watching Black Panther, which was very very good. The movie, that is…I have no idea what you think of what I wrote, but I thought my ideas were well-conceived given what we know of the current roster and in-house options. I did start a spreadsheet based on the 2018 regular season schedule, and I decided to line up the starters in three ways…
- Straight five-man rotation, with Mike Montgomery as a pure reliever (or emergency starter, because that is a likely scenario regardless);
- Straight six-man rotation, with Monty in the final spot;
- A “hybrid” system, with a top four or five, and Monty is now a spot starter in parts of the season and a spot starter elsewhere.