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Starting 5 pitchers

its early in sping training, but i wanted to start speculating on the starting 5 for the pirates. obviously malholm is a lock for number one. beyond that i would say duke and snell have a pretty good hold on the next two slots. but from there it is totally up in the air. i would like to see Ohlendorf and gorzy getting the final two spots which would make the starting five: Malholm, Snell, Duke, Ohlendorf and Gorzolony. I might be an idiot for thinking this, but i think that would be a pretty solid starting 5. Gorzy has the stuff and i think this will be a big come back year for him. Snell, i have always loved and fully expect him to put up good numbers. Duke i think has matured as a pitcher and will be serviceable for the season. Ohlendorf would be the wild card, but is a hard throwing righty who i think could be pretty good. I am quietly optimistic about this upcoming season (even though i say that every spring) but the way the players are saying how this spring is their best ever and how confident and positive they are, i really think that the bucs could have a pretty good season as long as their bull pen holds up, which is looking pretty good right now with veal, meek grabow and capps all having superb springs.

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