For those who don’t know about Lorenzen…

As a starter, his numbers outside of this year are pretty subpar. However, I believe trading for him would be a big pickup as I suspect we want to use him in the bullpen. In his career, his numbers as a BP arm are great:

– 360 IP, 3.65 ERA, 3.92 FIP, 123 ERA+.

Using him as a reliable BP piece and a swing rotation guy to help our young arms rest would be massive. Guys like Brown and France are approaching IP numbers that they've never done. We need them fresh in October and this is how we do it.