The pair were expected to, along with Jeremy Guthrie (we're not even going to discuss Guthrie's Chernobyl-esque performance in a Rockies uniform here, that's
a different Rockpile for a different day), anchor the team's rotation with young arms and journeymen filling out the fourth and fifth spots, but they combined to make just 17 starts and pitch just 79 2/3 innings.