Sometimes the brain, or brain trust, can do more harm than good.
And when there are several options available to consider, overthinking them or trying to get overly creative can lead to further problems. The ideal route is simplifying things when simple is all that is needed.
The New York Mets have been in the midst of that kind of quandary for most of June. Their starting rotation is one of the most promising in baseball, ranking in the top six in the National League in FIP, strikeouts per nine innings, strikeout-to-walk ratio (it is first in that category) and Fangraphs WAR.