Reds starting pitching staff, is it enough?

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(02-10-2025, 06:28 PM)samhain Wrote: I'd go with a 6 man rotation.  I think Lowder showed that he's more than ready for MLB experience in his time last year.  No reason to waste him in Louisville.  I have little confidence in Lodolo when it comes to health.  It seems like a matter of time before he's missing time again.  It should be Greene-Lodolo-Singer-Martinez-Lowder-Abbott.  Some of the order is interchangeable.  

If guys need rest or rack up unusual amounts of innings, then get them an unprovable soft-tissue IL stint.  Bring up a guy like Ashcraft (if not in the pen), Burns, Miley (if ready by May/June) or even Petty.  All of them should be improvements over Spiers.  

Manage them.  Don't candy-ass them.  Get them innings but work in rest.  They have a solid volume of quality arms.  The best case scenario is that one of the young guys like Lowder, Lodolo, Petty, or Burns really blooms and becomes a true TOR compliment to Greene.

And there's Brandon Williamson, a guy who's shown some promise as a starter. But like several of the rest just can't stay healthy. Perhaps this will be the season 3 or 4 of them can stay on the mound past late July.