....I think you can add a lot of depth to the Cubs bullpen in this free agent class in the $30 million and under reliever range without affecting the Cubs ability to lock up the young guys or go after 2018 free agents. I would be quite happy with 2-3 free agent relievers, Cobb and inning eating 5th starter....
Not sure about the innings-eating 5th starter. Not that interested in wasting money on a bad starter.
But yeah, I think if they were to pay the price for a Cobb-level guy, and take a shot at it with four starters and wing it for #5, that would make sense, and seems pretty sensible.
5th starter could be whatever. Some take-a-shot guy, like Anderson was this year. Or Montgomery. Or Tseng. Or some old junker scouting guy. Cubs won a whole lot of games two years ago with Wada and Richard and Haren and Cahill and Dallas Beeler.
But it's the #4 guy who needs to be competent.
And if the bullpen is deep and good, you can better cover for a wing-it #5.
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