The Washington Nationals gave up most of their starting pitching depth when they dealt Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez to the Chicago White Sox in the Adam Eaton trade. While the Nats boast one of the top rotations in baseball, injuries do have a chance of happening.
When you look at this starting rotation, Joe Ross and Stephen Strasburg each have had to miss time the last two seasons because of injuries. If that were to happen again in 2017, the “next man up” as of right now is right-hander A.