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stin McGowan, and Shaun Marcum, more or less a lock to anchor the front three spots of the rotation, they also have to figure out what to do with youngsters David Purcey, Ricky Romero, Brett Cecil, Robert Ray, and Brad Mills, converts Casey Jansen, Jeremy Accardo, and Brian Tallet, prospect Marc Rzepcynski, and "veterans" Scott Richmond and Bullington.
Oh, and Jesse Litsch along with 2009 draftees Chad Jenkins and James Paxton would be fringey September 2010 contributors.
While the names after Marcum will not blow anyones socks off, each one is plenty capable of being a high-quality fourth or fifth starter.
However, if Riccardi does not do anything, one voice in baseball will claim that he has raised the white flag, while the another will assert that going 10 or 11 deep by mid-June shows that Riccardi is clueless as to what he has.
I see both as Riccardi not wanting to spend on what he knows he already has. It is Riccardi understanding the market.
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