Each MLB team wants to and needs to develop its own quality starting pitchers, and most of the 30 big-league clubs struggle to do so.
And it doesn’t just happen overnight. It can take years, and even then, rotations are typically filled out by trades or free-agent acquisitions.
Just look at the Houston Astros. Think back to the 2011 Texas Rangers.
The rotation that took the Rangers to the World Series included C.J. Wilson, drafted by the Rangers in 2001; Colby Lewis, a free-agent signing after two seasons in Japan; Derek Holland, drafted by the Rangers in 2006; Alexi Ogando, taken in the minor-league phase of the 2005 Rule 5 draft; and Matt Harrison, acquired in 2007 in the Mark Teixeira trade.