the starting rotation which looked like the weakest point of this team going into the season has in a lot of ways been the consistent backbone when the team has great runs it's due to an offense that can be ignitable and when they go through great droughts offensively and when their Bullpen cost them games that's when this team is at their worst but the starting pitching while they haven't always gone deep enough in games they have found a very consistent group and it really all starts with maniah and srino and now your playoff hopes are really sttik to those two guys