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Originally Posted by troy1721
Has anyone ever had a successful rotation? What kind of pitchers did it consist of? It seems impossible to even get a guy to perform at replacement level.
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You're going to want to do 2 very important things. One is find good two way position players - guys who can both hit AND field at a high level. The other, is not just high GB pitchers, but high movement pitchers.
That being said...you want to do that for any team, whether it's Colorado or SD or Toronto or Philly.
Edit: You inspired me to take on the Rockies. After a year of rebuilding, so in 2016, I had a rotation of Harvey (used multiple top 5 picks/prospects to get him in July), Eddie Butler (3.21 ERA, 5 WAR pace as of Sept 1), Jordan Lyles (3.43 ERA, 3.8 WAR pace), Chad Bettis (3.66 ERA, 3.6 WAR pace) and Miguel Castro (5.18 ERA, 2 WAR pace). Pretty much good D and high movement is the key to good ERA. Castro probably won't be in my future rotation cause his movement is too low, but yeah.