Leaving aside opening day, we're setting up for a big log jam by Sept. 1 next year (hopefully). If we don't see attrition due to health, we're going to see at least one and maybe two at least MLB average starting pitchers traded and a few more moved to the bullpen. Looking at the current rotation, we've got JT, Folty, Newcomb, and Sims. Basically, all these guys are at least legit 4/5 starters with potential to be a little more than that.

The Gwinnett rotation to start next year could be: Gohara, Fried, Blair, Touissant, Allard, Soroka....uh, wait, That's too many guys. Let's move Blair into the five hole in the majors to replace Dickey. OK, now we've got five in Gwinnett.

The logjam is that, barring injury, all five of those Gwinnett pitchers are improving at a rate which will require a MLB call up by this time next year. And they've all got TOR potential. So, who goes where at the MLB level to make room? Or do the Braves trade some of them without giving them a shot in our organization?

MLB performance may make the choice easy with some of the current staff, but there's a pretty reasonable scenario where all the pitchers in the MLB rotation are performing at least average (Newcomb, Sims, and Folty are more or less average pitchers this year, and JT could return to form). It's hard to trade young performing pitchers to make room for slightly younger pitchers who haven't performed yet.

This is a discussion question. I don't recall ever seeing a team with quite this looming predicament before. Concretely, what does this community think the FO strategy should be?