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Verlander is not a rental...He's a two plus year asset making reasonable money given the value of a win and the desperate need we have in the rotation note and in the future.
Iwakuma and Smyly come off the books, taking about 20 million of the payroll...about what Verlander makes. You're rotation becomes Paxton/Verlander/Felix/Miranda/Gallardo this year (Ramirez returns to awesome swing man status) and swap out Gallardo for Gonzales in 2018. We won't have to spend money on hitters...what's wrong with that plan?