Everyone is familiar with the many adages that illustrate just how important having good pitching is. I’ll spare you the cliches, but if you don’t have a successful pitching staff, all the offense in the world doesn’t matter.

There are still several rotation spots up for grabs in spring training, so what follows is a rough estimate of what each rotation will look like (although I have included possible alternates and have factored them into my rankings).

With that in mind, it’s time to rank all the rotations in Major League Baseball, from 30 to 1.

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