Ours certainly looks to be the weakest. It could end up okay but I wouldn't count on it. We do have great defense and a full year of Adley calling games so that will help.
I would like to believe that ownership is handcuffing Elias because I believe Elias is really smart and knows supplementing the rotation with any of the 2-3 starters that signed 2-3 year deals (Bassitt, Quintana, Heaney, Stripling, etc) would have paid off without hurting our future and just would require ownership to be willing to invest in payroll just a little.
Grayson - Looks awesome, high potential. Most innings thrown in a year in the minors is 103. He threw 79 last year. He isn't going to come in and anchor a rotation. He's going to be capped on how many innings he throws.
Means - Isn't likely to come out of the gate from rehab firing on all cylinders. Will be hard to rely on him going into the year.
Gibson - Will eat innings and be a mediocre pitcher, that's good as a 5th starter.
Kremer - Is due for regression as his 4.54 SIERA and 4.43 xFIP indicate, still a fine 4-5 starter though.
Bradish - Hard to predict what we can expect of Bradish. Are we getting the April-June Bradish who was getting shelled or the July-October Bradish who looked great. Probably somewhere in between. Back of rotation starter most likely, upside of a 3 starter.
Wells - Probable back of rotation guy.