With the Terrapin baseball team’s season now officially over get ready for lots and lots of Brett Cecil updates (with a mix of Justin Maxwell if he can stick with the Nationals).

Cecil made his third start of the young season earlier this week against the White Sox and although he wasn’t as dominant as he was in his first two starts, he still earned a quality start by allowing just six hits and three runs in six solid innings. Cecil earned his second victory of the season and may very well have earned a long-term spot in the rotation.

Cecil was only expected to stay with Toronto while pitchers Casey Janssen and Ricky Romero rehabbed from their injuries, but with the recent news that Romero came off the DL and is headed to Triple-A Las Vega, Cecil safe…for now.

There has been a lot of talk about the glut of young pitchers the Blue Jays have. Scott Richmond, Robert Ray, Brian Tallet, and Cecil fill out the Toronto rotation behind ace Roy Halladay. But talented youngsters Jesse Litsch, Casey Janssen, and Ricky Romero are all rehabbing with hopes of reclaiming those spots.

Assuming Dustin McGowan and Shawn Marcum take two spots when they return from injury, and assuming that Tallet and Janssen are probably better suited for the bullpen, there are five pitchers fighting for two spots in the rotation.

Take a look at how Cecil stacks up against the rest of the group after the jump.

Cecil: 2-0, 20 IP, 1.80 ERA, 1.05 ERA, 3.75 SO/BB

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Litsch (injured): 0-1, 9 IP, 9.00 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 8.00 SO/BB

Romero (injured): 2-0, 21 IP, 1.71 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 3.25 SO/BB

Richmond: 4-2, 40 IP, 4.28 ERA, 1.375 WHIP, 1.94 SO/BB

Ray: 1-1, 20 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 1.80 SO/BB

Obviously it depends on how Litsch and Romero pitch when they return from injury fully, but based on the numbers, it looks like Cecil has a really good shot on hanging on to a rotation spot.

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