{"id":19378,"date":"2026-01-20T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19378"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:03:28","slug":"fun-exercise-build-your-dream-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=19378","title":{"rendered":"Fun Exercise: Build your Dream Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dream-Rotation-for-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dream-Rotation-for-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dream-Rotation-for-15.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dream-Rotation-for-15-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this image floated across my Facebook feed randomly the other day, and I was struck by it. I&#8217;ve seen these done elsewhere, but never for Baseball rotations. So, i&#8217;m in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Build your rotation.  $15 max spend.  Here&#8217;s my &#8220;rules&#8221; for the competition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You have to pick 5 guys: you can&#8217;t pick three from the $5 line and say, &#8220;the rest are AAA starters&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider each pitcher by their peak, not by their entire career. I say this because a few of these guys tailed off badly, or are more known for their longevity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ignore the fact that some (one?) of these guys has PED associations.  I guess that&#8217;s just a concern for Clemens.  I didn&#8217;t end up picking him anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>OK here&#8217;s my team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$5 Sandy Koufax: no better stretch of dominance at the end of his career.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$5 Pedro Martinez: he put up a 291 ERA+ season in the height of the PED era.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$2 Bob Feller: that&#8217;s some serious value for $2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$2 Curt Schilling. Twitter comments aside, he was a very good starter. Never won a Cy Young, losing out multiple times to his own teammates, else he&#8217;d be a no-brainer Hall of Famer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1 Orel Hershiser. Best in the sport for a short amount of time, short enough to cost him the Hall.  I&#8217;ll take that as my 5th starter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Who you got?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, this image floated across my Facebook feed randomly the other day, and I was struck by it. I&#8217;ve seen these done elsewhere, but never for Baseball rotations. So, i&#8217;m in. Build your rotation. $15 max spend. Here&#8217;s my &#8220;rules&#8221; for the competition: OK here&#8217;s my team: Who you got?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlbpitching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19385,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19378\/revisions\/19385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}