The one thing that every single team in Major League Baseball has now, had then, and will have forever is a thirst for elite starting pitching. One thing they always also have, though, is the constant pain of swings and misses when it comes to identifying such a rare, beautiful thing, as well as the anxiety from having to figure out if - or when - what they even thought they had was ever going to be healthy and dependable.
Just look at the Cincinnati Reds, for instance. Matt Harvey’s a Red because he was an elite starting pitcher - until he wasn’t.