I understand that you don't want to give up prospects. And that line of thinking is fine if you are comfortable bringing in more mediocre SPs for the rotation. Here are you available SPs in the upcoming free agency class...
C.J. Wilson SP 35 LAA $20,500,000
Jered Weaver SP 33 LAA 94.7 5.51 6 $20,200,000
Brett Anderson SP 28 LAD $15,800,000
Jake Peavy SP 35 SF 4 3 .182 .399 82.7 5.34 4 $15,000,000
Jorge De La Rosa SP 35 COL 3 3 .188 .423 55.7 5.98 5 $12,500,000
R.A. Dickey SP 41 TOR 102.7 4.21 5 $12,000,000
Hisashi Iwakuma SP 35 SEA 101.7 4.34 7 $11,000,000
Edinson Volquez SP 33 KC 99.3 4.89 7 $9,500,000
Bartolo Colon SP 43 NYM 3 2 1 .107 .357 94 2.87 7 $7,250,000
Andrew Cashner SP 29 SD 2 1 .167 .453 53 4.76 3 $7,150,000
Doug Fister SP 32 HOU 1 2 .333 .666 98.3 3.66 8 $7,000,000
Jeremy Hellickson SP 29 PHI 2 2 .087 .279 99.7 4.06 6 $7,000,000
Rich Hill SP 36 OAK 70 2.31 8 $6,000,000
Colby Lewis SP 36 TEX 98 3.21 6 $6,000,000
Kris Medlen SP 30 KC 24.3 7.77 1 $5,500,000
Bronson Arroyo SP 39 WSH $4,500,000
Ivan Nova SP 29 NYY 74.7 5.06 5 $4,100,000
Jeremy Guthrie SP 37 MIA $3,200,000
Tim Lincecum SP 32 LAA 13.3 6.75 1 $3,000,000
Bud Norris SP 31 LAD 2 .143 .619 76.3 3.89 4 $2,500,000
Kyle Lohse SP 37 TEX $2,333,333
Alfredo Simon SP 35 CIN 1 1 .071 .259 53.3 9.45 2 $2,000,000
Felix Doubront SP 28 OAK $2,000,000
Jhoulys Chacin SP 28 LAA 3 1 .300 .600 79.7 5.87 3 $1,100,000
Mat Latos SP 28 WSH 60.3 4.62 6 $507,500
Brandon Morrow SP 31 SD $100,000
Kyle Kendrick SP 31 LAA -
Brad Penny SP 38 TOR -
Ricky Romero SP 31 SF -
Jair Jurrjens SP 30 COL -
Aneury Rodriguez SP 28 HOU -
Eric Stults SP 36 LAD -
Rick VandenHurk SP 31 CLE -
I wouldn't surrender a 1st round pick for any of these names if they are tendered.
No. These names won't cut it. The Red Sox rotation is awful. They are in a win-now window. They need to let Dombroski do his thing, otherwise why bring him in and pay him the big bucks?? Liquidate some prospects and get a front line SP for this season.