"First the Washington Nationals send a pocketful of prospects to the Oakland A's for Gio Gonzalez. Then they sign Edwin Jackson to a one-year deal. I ask you: Has this team ever been more ready for rainouts — not to mention doubleheaders? You could fill a ball bag with the starting pitchers general manager Mike Rizzo has stockpiled.

At the moment, the Nationals have seven who started at least 10 games last season. And that doesn't include Stephen Strasburg, who was easing back into things after undergoing Tommy John surgery. There are also five pitchers on the roster who have thrown 200 innings in a season. And that list — Gonzalez, Jackson, John Lannan, Chien-Ming Wang, Tom Gorzelanny — doesn't include StrasburgorJordan Zimmermann, whose 3.18 ERA last year was 10th-best in the National League."