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High five: With Yu Darvish about to return, here are best starting rotations in the American League

The Dallas Morning News

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cole Hamels gets a visit from catcher Bobby Wilson and pitching coach Doug Brocail after giving up a home run to Chicago White Sox second baseman Brett Lawrie during the fourth inning at Globe Life Park on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Arlington. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)

Yu Darvish on Saturday returns to a pitching rotation that currently leads the AL in ERA, which raises the question: Is awesomest a word? Can we use that to describe the Rangers rotation? We probably ought not to and not just because the Webster's Dictionary people would flag us, but because ERA alone doesn't make the rotation.