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Wade Miller – 0.5 years
Roy Oswalt – rookie
Tim Redding - rookie, pitched half the year in the bigs
Miller and Oswalt were something else together.  If Miller had stayed healthy...
Redding was like a short, fat version of Paxton that didn't work out, but the 'Stros were definitely willing to put some inexperienced pitchers in the front of their rotation.
It has been done.
But for us, Pineda would be our Miller (hopefully with more health) with Paxton breaking camp with the Ms and Hultzen coming up in June as reinforcements.
I don't really expect that to happen, but it would be interesting.  I expect our starting 5 in the beginning of the year to be Felix, Pineda, Bedard (or the like), Vargas and either Beavan or Furbush.  Paxton would cram into AAA and be fighting for the first available shot alongside Erasmo and Andy Carraway, while Hultzen would go to AA to hang out with Gillheeney and Maurer for a few weeks.
But wouldn't it be nice if we didn't need to have any more spacers, spare parts and place holders?  I keep telling myself I can be patient for one more year, but man: Felix, Pineda, Paxton, Hultzen and either Erasmo or Carraway with Maurer, Walker and Campos on the climb sounds fabulous.
And cheap! *laughs*
~G