re: DAT: Offseason Thread (Spring Training has begun!!)

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The Astros’ roster at the moment is “probably the roster that we’re going to have to start the season,” Luhnow said. “We’re always open to considering ways to improve it, but right now I’d set the expectations low that there’s going to be any major changes.”

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“We feel like we’ve got enough depth in the rotation that we’ll have five guys in our rotation that are going to be able to compete every night, and our offense is going to keep us in games,” Luhnow said. He added that it’s possible the Astros could use the early months of the season to evaluate their starting pitching and then either try to trade for a pitcher or “save ourselves a few prospects” if it turns out they don’t need one.

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Maybe a bit of public cat and mouse with any teams Luhnow has been working with but it does give the indication that he's not on the same page with any of those teams and any trade talks are at a stand still.

Our rotation has the potential to be very good. But it relies on a whole lot of IF. If Keuchel bounces back and pitches nearer to 14 and 15. If McCullers can stay healthy. If McHugh pitches more like 2015 than he did in 16. If Morton can stabilize the back end. All of our starters have pitched to individual success at some point during their careers. But they're all surrounded by question marks going into 2017.