There will be plenty of time to talk about this year's rotation if and when the season gets going, but I wanted to get the ball rolling here as NY will have quite a few SP decisions to make next winter, two or three of this season's top four will be FAs.
Current rotation (current ages, so add one to all for 2021):
Cole (30)
Paxton (32)
Tanaka (32)
Happ (38)
Montgomery (28)
then some combo of Schmidt/King/Loaisiga/Deivi, 24/25/26/21 respectively.
Paxton and Tanaka are FAs and Happ has a possibly vesting option that now needs to be renegotiated or arbitrated (Joel Sherman column on this today), but German (28) will be back from suspension and Severino (26) should be back from Tommy John early in the season if not the start.
So I will guess they end up keeping one of the three of Paxton/Tanaka/Happ, maybe Happ if they are forced to because of the vesting option. But also it's possible they let all three go (or trade Happ if they need to), especially with how pricy some of the position players are about to get.
Cole (30)
Severino (26)
German (28)
Montgomery (28)
Schmidt/King/Loaisiga/Deivi, 24/25/26/21
And there are more options behind them, Gil and Medina and Yajure and Nick Nelson, all on the 40 man already as is everyone here except Schmidt. So much pitching potential in the system for Matt Blake to work with, getting Cole gives NY more freedom to cycle young guys in behind him until they get some who stick.
Current rotation (current ages, so add one to all for 2021):
Cole (30)
Paxton (32)
Tanaka (32)
Happ (38)
Montgomery (28)
then some combo of Schmidt/King/Loaisiga/Deivi, 24/25/26/21 respectively.
Paxton and Tanaka are FAs and Happ has a possibly vesting option that now needs to be renegotiated or arbitrated (Joel Sherman column on this today), but German (28) will be back from suspension and Severino (26) should be back from Tommy John early in the season if not the start.
So I will guess they end up keeping one of the three of Paxton/Tanaka/Happ, maybe Happ if they are forced to because of the vesting option. But also it's possible they let all three go (or trade Happ if they need to), especially with how pricy some of the position players are about to get.
Cole (30)
Severino (26)
German (28)
Montgomery (28)
Schmidt/King/Loaisiga/Deivi, 24/25/26/21
And there are more options behind them, Gil and Medina and Yajure and Nick Nelson, all on the 40 man already as is everyone here except Schmidt. So much pitching potential in the system for Matt Blake to work with, getting Cole gives NY more freedom to cycle young guys in behind him until they get some who stick.