I hate to say it, but at this point, we kinda hafta sorta go with El Duque. I hate the fact that he's soft tossing "fastballs" in the low 80's (and that's without Glavine's "finesse" too), but its hard to argue going with Pelfry when he's imploded in his past two outings. I initially favored Pelfry for the 5th spot, but I can't fully endorse him now. Don't forget that he's pitched the second half of these past two spring training games when all of the regulars have been taken out already. Today, he faced 1 inning of regulars and then faced all minor leaguers the next 3 innings.
I don't exactly feel comfortable with either El Duque or Pelfry in the lineup right now, but clearly El Duque has "earned" a spot over Pelfrey. Well, he may not actually deserve a spot in any rotation, but he's clearly more deserving right now than Pelfry. What other options do we have? Call up some other minor leaguers like Figeuroa or Parnell or sign someone like Claudio Vargas who was released from the Brewers?
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