The "Dream 5ive"

"5ive" doesn't really work like "Se7en," but I wanted to be clever. Was it? Was it?

The first thing that should come to mind with the number five (anywhere) is baseball's starting rotation, which includes five players (NO WAY!).

Now obviously, the Royals don't have the personnel for a REAL "Dream 5ive," but with the players they do have, I think "Dream" should equal "most upside" or in my terms, "young."

Doesn't it just feel right to have a rotation consisting of:
1) Meche
2) Hudson
3) Greinke
4) Soria
5) Bannister

1 - Meche - Obvious, he's making $11 MILLION/year and he's 28. Yippee!
2 - Hudson - showed last year that he deserves a shot, plus he was once highly scouted and if professional sports isn't about one thing, it's about the ReTread.
3 - Greinke - having a good spring training and really, at 23 and psychologically unsound, would you want to face this guy? What if he throws and tantrum and decides to PUMMEL you with his 59 MPH, floating curveball! OUCH!
4 - Soria - This guy has been amazing. Next Johan? Some Rule 5 guy people thought could be good, but... Yeh, give this guy a spot based on RESULTS! What the hell is wrong with a GM and manager who automatically give spots to guys who probably don't deserve it. I'm not saying that if your the Braves, you shouldn't automatically give your spot to Smoltz or James, they are pretty proven and the Braves haven't sucked in 15 years. The Royals on the other hand should worry less about money (especially with Perez, since the Dodgies are paying most of his salary AND think Berroa OR De la Rosa and his obscene walk rate) and more about results.
5 - Bannister - he's young, he's got MLB in his blood and his name is Brian. What more do you want from this guy? He's had 1 year of MLB time and still could be good, yeh, he's a soft-tosser, but at least he'll challenge a guy (Gobble, wait, who got better as he challenged; Perez, damn nibbler, etc).

Leaving the bullpen with... well, who cares. With my dream rotation, we won't need a BP. 9 innings every time.

But seriously:
Peralta - just because
Gobble - b/c he's my favorite, and other than starting pitched well in relief last year.
Dotel - duh, he's our closer!
Wellemeyer - b/c he can't start and even though his stats weren't very good, who else is ready (ignore ERA, it could explode).
Neal Musser - I believe he's a lefty and the only one giving up 1-2 runs/inning.

Just say no to: Bale, Ray, Shiell!
Say yes to miracles of healing: Nunez
Just say, "Lou Brown, check to see if he needs glasses:" Jorge De la Rosa
Furthering the metaphor; guy most likely to be a bad Ricky Vaughn: Jorge De la Rosa
Guy that reminds me most of Jack Parkman: Odalis Perez
Rube Baker: John Buck: Hayseed
Pedro Cerrano without the power, cool accent, or voodoo: Angel Berroa (think can't hit breaking balls, or anything that has movement).
Guy who most reminds me of Willie Mays Hayes: Omar Epps