With Charlie Morton signing with the Tampa Bay Rays, the 2019 rotation has become a formidable one led by a Cy Young winning ace and three of the hardest throwing starters in the game.
The Rays and Kevin Cash have made it clear that they intend to stick with the opener approach in 2019 debating how many times they will use it each turn through the rotation. With the addition of Morton, logically they would use an “opener” two times.
With the signing of Morton, the Rays could have a possibly dominant starting rotation.