With uncertainty surrounding Whitlock and health concerns of Sale, Paxton and Kluber, it's just not a comforting ride right now. It's like when Herbie the Love Bug splits in half and you're trying to win a race.
I bet the next rankings look like:
Mayer
Casas
Bleis
Rafaela
Yorke
Mata
Romero
Perales
Walter
Drohan
Paulino
Anthony
Valdez
Lugo
Wikelman
ERC
Hickey
Jordan
Murphy
Kavadas
I mean, you could just look at the game logs...
1: 0.2 IP, 4 ER
2: 2.1 IP, 3 ER
3: 4 IP, 1 ER
4: 5 IP, 1 ER
I would say he's trending in the right direction the last two starts.