Entering the 2021 season, the best rotations in the AL East look quite a bit different from the year before. While the bottom two teams stood pat, limiting long-term salary and optimizing their rosters for draft equity (read: losing), the three contenders each shed dead weight and brought in a handful of new faces.
Since we’re dealing with so many players under consideration, I’ve included each team’s projected total starting pitching WAR per FanGraphs Depth Charts as well as their expected Opening Day rotations’ projected WAR.
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