If you think that Caleb Smith is proving to be the staff ace, then you would be correct. The other four starters have experienced varying degrees of success, each with good games and bad. I had been basing this series of articles on GameScore, but have since adopted Tom Tango’s Game Score Version 2.0, which penalizes equally for hits and walks, equally for runs whether earned or unearned, and adds a penalty for home runs allowed. I use the last 10 starts, weighted so that more recent starts count more than ones from awhile ago. Here’s how the five shake out.
Five Alive: The Miami Marlins 2019 Rotation, Ranked
