Sean Fennessey

He came up and made six or seven starts and showed promise.

He struggled a little bit, but he has good stuff and good command.

And he got injured.

And I wouldn't say it was a good thing that he got injured, but they now, I think they really want to get a look at him on a major league level because

if he is able to pitch and you know, it's almost seems certain that McLean's going to make the rotation.

It gives you just more flexibility.

We might be looking at the final year of David Peterson right now.

Um, I like going to have two more years of Senga and Mania.

Yeah, I think part of it too is just that the workload really caught up to him.

And he was the only consistently healthy pitcher besides Clay Holmes in that rotation all season.

And he's the kind of guy who...

I think he could have used a kind of like quiet three-week Phantom IL stint in August to be ready for the playoffs, and he didn't get it, and he ran out of gas.

So, look, the eight guys that we've just named for the rotation, Nolan McLean has potential ace stuff, but he's still a rookie.

Everybody else has flashed and at times has seemed elite.

David Peterson's a former all-star.

Sean Mania was essential in 2024.

Kodai Senga in the first half of this season was among the best pitchers in the sport.

But they don't have that consistency.

They don't have a guy who throws 180 innings with 220 strikeouts every year with a five-year track record.

That's really what they've been looking for.