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Like the 5-man poster concept amigo ...
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Terry probably remembers times in the 1970's when the L.A. Dodgers piled 4, even 5 starting pitchers into the top 10 on the stats boards.
Like in 1973, the top 10 NL for WHIP included Messersmith, Tommy John, HOF'er Don Sutton, and Al Downing.  The #5 starter was Claude Osteen, 16-11, 3.31 that year and a 196-game winner for his career.
Just a year or two later, the Dodgers added Burt Hooton (18-7, 2.82) and Doug Rau (15-9, 3.11) and a year later, Rick Rhoden (12-3, 2.98) ...
Bob Welch and Dave Stewart were the year after that.  Ten (10x) All-Star starting pitchers (except Rau) through the clubhouse door in just a few years.
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M's fans have never seen anything like that in Seattle, but there is no rule against developing five or six terrific pitchers at once.
There's nothing that says that in 2013, the M's entire 5-man rotation couldn't all be All-Stars, or worthy of it.