There are a number of roster decisions the Rays have to make this offseason. If the 2021 season started today, the starting rotation would only have three pitchers written in ink: Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Ryan Yarbrough. Yonny Chirinos will miss most if not all of 2021 as he recovers from Tommy John Surgery, so too will Jalen Beeks. And if that was not enough, the Rays rotation will also be sans Charlie Morton.
While the Rays have depth in starting pitching, bulk pitching, whatever you want to call it, it’s fair to wonder how confident the Rays are in that depth to carry two major league rotation spots—or more should injury arise—over an assumed 162 game season.