Before the 2019 season got underway, I wrote an article about how I believed that the 2019 team could outperform the 2018 team. Most of my argument was based around what I believed would be an improved starting rotation that featured Marcus Stroman, Aaron Sanchez, Ryan Borucki, Matt Shoemaker, Clay Buchholz, and Clayton Richard.
We all know how that worked out, and how very wrong I was.
As a recap, Shoemaker was impressive in his first few starts and then was lost to a freak, season-ending knee injury.