Could D-Backs 2025 rotation be the best in MLB history?

Posted by JetsetNuggs

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:27 pm to Paul Allen

Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and friends

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Posted by rpg37

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:27 pm to Paul Allen

Not sure if serious thread.

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:31 pm to Paul Allen

Those could all be fake names as far as I'm concerned

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Posted by RLDSC FAN

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:32 pm to JetsetNuggs

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Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and friends

Will always be the standard. I also liked the As rotation of Zito, Mulder and Hudson

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Posted by Cosmo

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:33 pm to Paul Allen

Astros with Verlander and Garrett Coles was pretty good

Posted by Cdawg

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:38 pm to Paul Allen

HM
86 Mets
Doc, Sid Fernandez, Aguilera, Ron Darling, and Ojeda.

Another HM is that Dodger team that had Drysdale, Koufax, Don Sutton.

Posted by A12 Oxcart

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:39 pm to RLDSC FAN

From the "What Could Have Been" files, I present the 2014 Detroit Tigers:

Justin Verlander
David Price
Max Scherzer
Anibal Sanchez
Rick Porcello

4 out of 5 with a Cy Young, and all 5 have a ring.

Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:42 pm to Paul Allen

Nope

Posted by TX Tiger

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:42 pm to Cdawg

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Another HM is that Dodger team that had Drysdale, Koufax, Don Sutton.

Orioles had four 20-game winners (1971)

Jim Palmer
Dave McNally
Mike Cuellar
Pat Dobson

Posted by playmakers in space

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:44 pm to Paul Allen

2011 Phillies had Roy Halladay (finished #2 for Cy Young), Cliff Lee (finished #3 for Cy Young), Cole Hamels (finished #5 for Cy Young), Roy Oswalt, and Vance Worley who went 11-3 with a 3.01 ERA (3.3 WAR) as their fifth starter.

Posted by VerbalKint

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:46 pm to Paul Allen

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Corbin Burnes Zac Gallen Merrill Kelly Eduardo Rodriguez Brandon Pfaadt

I have felt a significant decline in my interest in sports lately, but it’s crazy to me that none of those names even sound familiar with the exception of Corbin.

Posted by JerryTheKingBawler

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:47 pm to The Boat

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The Boat

No cap

Posted by slackster

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:51 pm to The Boat

quote:
Those could all be fake names as far as I'm concerned

Posted by prplhze2000

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:51 pm to Paul Allen

Big Red Machine

Posted by NIH

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:52 pm to Paul Allen

I didn’t know your brain retained information after 2007

Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:53 pm to Paul Allen

So you think one very good pitcher and 4 "viable starters" makes possibly the greatest rotation in the history of a 120+ year old league?

Posted by Goldrush25

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Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:54 pm to Paul Allen

Kelly, Rodriguez and Pfaadt are not special in any way at this point in their respective careers. You have a very good 1-2, be happy for that, but even Gallen has faded a bit over the past 2 years.

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