Very few quality starters will be available this winter
By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com
Updated: August 23, 2007
We came across a National League general manager the other day who was perusing his handy-dandy roster of this winter's free-agent starting pitchers.
Let's just say it wasn't up there with "Harry Potter" on his list of uplifting summer reading.
"You look at this list," he said, "and you can get it confused with the six-year [minor league] free-agent list."
That, by the way, is not a compliment.
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I think the Glavine option is interesting. I don't know if he has the stamina to make it through a full-season attacking 9 hitters a game as opposed to 8. But Atlanta could be the favorites in the NL east next year if they were to get him back.