Who will make the club’s starting rotation? It’s a perennial conversation of spring training. But just like the batting order, who gets labeled “the closer” and so many other debates of yore, I think it’s time to let this one go.
It just doesn’t matter that much who’s in the starting rotation coming out of spring.
To some degree, this is an ongoing evolution of how teams organize their pitching staffs. But it is also more true than ever coming out of the shortened pandemic season.
As a model, I always look to the Dodgers.