We’ve got three guys who have been voted in the Cy Young discussion 3 or higher in the last two years. We’ve got a veteran #4 with stability, a solid #5 with promise, an innings-eater in Zastryzny, a defense that makes any pitcher look better than he is and a handfulof unusable-but-still-valuable prospects to deal in case of emergency. Think less Jiminez and more Candelario. Less Happ and more Zagunis. (Yes, that’s a lower tier of return. that’s the point. We don’t need Chris Sale here.) This article makes things seem more dire by pointing out that Theo’s low cost high risk plays have risk (duh-doy, Britta!). The point of insurance is pooling risk. While it’s individually likely that any of these worst case scenarios play out, it’s collectively very unlikely that *all* of these worst case scenarios play out.

Now come on, the nice firemen have a warm blanket and a hot cup of cocoa if you promise to come down.

I’d hate to give up Eloy and Ian but if all implodes, I could even see Schwarbs on the market in an emergency. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that..