Close your eyes, as I take you on a wonderful journey

You'll actually need your eyes to read this. But after you've read it and memorized it, close your eyes and go through it again in your head.

This begins back in December 2005:

The Rangers are patient, don't feel the need win the next year. They hold on to Chris Young and Adrian Gonzales.

Next year, John Daniels doesn't go crazy and trade Danks for McCarthey.

This year, even with how awesome Josh Hamilton is, we don't trade Volquez.

Also this year, we find a fucking roster spot for Armando Galarraga. Seriously, this looks really, really stupid now.

Now here's the painful part. The Rangers 2008 rotation.

	ERA	WHIP	K	Games
Chris Young	3.63	1.38	33	6
John Danks	3.00	.93	20	5
Edison Volquez	1.23	1.23	33	5
Armando Galarraga	1.50	.072	13	3
Kason Gabbard	2.18	1.45	8	4

Note: Ages 29, 23, 24, 26, 26

With Thomas Diamond and Eric Hurley still waiting around.

Obviously too small of a sample to really judge. But we'll check this again mid-season, and compare the VORP numbers of these guys vs. the Rangers staff.

VORP UPDATE: Rangers Rotation -1.9 to Dream Rotation 43.8