1. He's always been a middle-of-the-rotation caliber starter
2. But his stuff is good enough that he tosses a few gems every year
3. But he's getting older and more broken
4. But after returning to a full throwing program half-way through 2014, he finished the year strong
5. Unlike "Big Game James" Shields, Colby Lewis actually has a (really small sample size) history of stepping up in the playoffs and throwing like a better pitcher.

The bottom line is that Colby has a proven history of being a #2 or #3 pitcher, but his age and injury history doesn't give you reason to believe that he will definitely be that good again.  And yet, he finished out 2014 pitching better than the run-of-the-mill AAAA 5th starter.

So Colby Lewis is the Texas Rangers #4 Starter for 2015.

Now we just have to hope that Jon Daniels has a plan to make Derek Holland the #3 starter.

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