The age of this team was, by this point, already well known. All people would talk about when writing about the team was not if they were going to be any good. It was would they make it to the end of the season all in one piece. But as discussed during this week, the rotation looked like it might be the weak spot on the team.
Steve Carlton was going to do Steve Carlton things. That was counted on by the team. After him at this point, there came a lot of question marks. Peter Pascarelli took to calling it a “staff riddled with the scar tissues of past and present arm injuries,” 1 there were options should the team need to make a deal.