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One offseason move each MLB team needs to make

By Joshua Sadlock

MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 01: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the Miami Marlins during the game against the Atlanta Braves at Marlins Park on October 1, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 01: Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the Miami Marlins during the game against the Atlanta Braves at Marlins Park on October 1, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins via Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 23: Lance Lynn #31 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch in the first inning during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 23, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – SEPTEMBER 23: Lance Lynn #31 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch in the first inning during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 23, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /

Colorado Rockies: Add to the rotation

Jon Gray and Klye Freeland look like the one-two punch the Rockies have been looking for over 20 years since MLB decided it would be fun to conduct a physics experiment at 5,280 feet. Gray and Freeland have the right combination of power fastball and sharp breaking stuff to succeed in Coors Field’s thin air.

The rest of Colorado’s rotation has been touted at times, but German Marquez, Antonio Senzatela, Tyler Chatwood and Jeff Hoffman all began wearing down in the second half. Gray is the only one in the bunch with eye-popping strikeout numbers, meaning the rest of the Rockies young pitchers will always be battling the hard contact that just comes easier in Denver.

Marquez and Senzatela will have to pitch extremely poorly in Spring Training to lose their jobs in the rotation, but the fifth spot will be up for grabs. While the Rockies do have solid internal options to compete for the job, more depth needs to be added to the rotation to ensure that the 2017 playoff trip is not an aberration. The Rockies have never been able to string together back-to-back trips to the postseason.

This year’s class of free agents is stacked with potential back-end starters like Andrew Cashner and Jason Vargas. Lance Lynn might be the best fit of all. Free agents that come to Colorado will inevitably see their numbers head in the wrong direction, but limiting the damage is what really matters.

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