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...is that none of them have shown a consistent ability to get deep into games.  Snell because his control is poor, RRS because his arm fatigues easily, apparently, Hill because his mechanics are poor and Fister because he periodically gives up 450 foot home runs.  I would be fine with Fister and Hill battling it out for SP5 and then getting bumped when Bedard got healthy (or Snell getting bumped, depending on who sucked the most), but I'm not fine with guaranteeing Snell a rotation spot all year...that could be a very painful 120 runs allowed in 170 innings, HoRam/Weaver/Batista caliber suckfest.  And weve seen what that does to a bullpen after a while.
Besides...by my calculations we've only spent about 90 million dollars.  There's no reason we can't sign Washburn AND Bedard.