Ron Swanson wrote:Eh, every year we do this with the young guys because it's always sexier to dream about the mystery box potential of rookies than it is accepting the reality that 1st and 2nd year guys are almost never big contributors to a championship contending team. I'm more interested in giving Marjon and AJJ minutes more just to see if they can build on something for next year and beyond. But I think people are being naive if they think either guy is just gonna slot perfectly into the starting playoff lineup 6-months from now and contribute in high leverage playoff moments against battle tested veterans. I see two realistic options at this point:
1) It's Pat! (heh) and all this debate about who the 5th starter is meaningless when he's always been the obvious answer.
2) Said player/starter isn't on the roster yet.
Yeah, Pat is a logical option, but this discussion won't stop until Pat is actually given a start, which hasn't happened yet even with other starters out.