But as others have pointed out, what happens if the team falls behind 4 or 5 games in a row?
It's not easy to plan for him to have those meaningful 4 inning stretches at the end of games and space them out nicely so he gets his days of rest...
Lots of guys who signed big deals this offseason are off to slow starts. Seager and Semien got $500 million between them and aren't doing much yet.
That's baseball.
The first interesting thing I notice is that you didn't post Renfroe's numbers. Nor did you mention the two prospects we got in the deal.
You probably should have left out that transaction completely.
You've moved the goalposts, though, haven't you? I remember you expressing a lot of doubt that Bloom would even give out a Story-type contract.
Now a Story-type contract has become chump change.
Nicely done.