I knew the M's were still with their original starting 5 and was wondering if that was an anomaly throughout the majors. Turns out, at that time, only the Nats, the O's and the Tigers were still "taking turns with five".
I finally remembered to check again today and ...
The M's are now the only team in the majors who have only used five starters so far this season. I would expect that at some point this season, the M's will need to insert at least one other starter, maybe two (especially considering Michael rookie season and Erik back after 18 months off). But, it is fun while it's lasting to see them all staying healthy, making adjustments from inning-to-inning, start-to-start and jut being generally efficient and effective. By the way, the M's starting five is currently tied with Oakland's staff for the lowest ERA in the AL (3.26).
The last time the M's were able to "stay on turn" throughout the entire season was 2003...
Moyer, Garcia, Franklin, Pineiro and Meche helped carry them to 93 wins, which was only good for 2nd in the AL West (behind the A's) and 2 games out of the wildcard (behind the BoSox).
EDIT: as confirmed by a tweet from Larry Stone - the only other team in major league history to accomplish this feat was the 66 Dodgers.
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