SURPRISE - The first thing you should know about a six-man rotation is not to call it any such thing in a conversation with Jeff Banister or bring it up at all around Cole Hamels. The problem isn't that it suggests the Rangers could actually find six competent starters so much as it seems to upset people. Cole Hamels, in particular.
Before you think Banister came up with this radical rotation alternative off the cuff, know this:
He's been waiting for the chance more than 30 years.
From the moment he broke in as a catcher with the Pirates, through his long climb up the organizational chart, Banister mulled, discussed and occasionally argued the merits of more days off between starts.