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Toronto Blue Jays and the Six Man Rotation Option

A conventional major league rotation consists of five starters, who (ideally!) each start 30+ games and pitch 150+ innings. But the Jays’ 2020 rotation is shaping up to be anything but conventional. Might a six-man rotation work for both the team and the pitchers?

The projected rotation

The Jays have said that they are looking to sign at least one top-of-rotation pitcher this off-season (they were recently linked to Jake Odorizzi, before he accepted his qualifying offer, and have been speculated to be a good fit for Dallas Keuchel, for example).