Sale has been pitching well and James Paxton has pitched well in the minors with no signs of injury. Those 2 are the key to any real success. Hard to put much stock in either as they have both had so many injuries over several seasons, but...., with them, our rotation would become:
Sale
Paxton
Pivetta
Kluber
Bello/Houck
I had said way back in this thread that I was not worried about the team hitting or scoring runs (currently 3rd in MLB in runs, 2nd in OPS). The bullpen is actually pretty good, or at least could be pretty good. The big question mark was the starting rotation, and still is. Not going to be able to keep winning games 7-6.