Madison Bumgarner is scheduled to start against the Dodgers on Thursday. It’s possible — just possible — that he starts for the Dodgers on a future Thursday. Don’t throw your tomatoes at me, pal, this isn’t the mess that I’ve created. But it’s an uncomfortable truth that there’s a non-zero chance Bumgarner will be teammates with Clayton Kershaw in 45 days or fewer.



You’re shaking. Sorry about that. All we can do at this point is hope that the nightmare doesn’t manifest, which means we need to hope for Bumgarner to go to another team. Any other team. Except there are stinkers in that pile, too. The Rockies? The Red Sox? The Cardinals? Gross. All of them.



There are so many options, and they range from unpalatable to “ugh, I guess so.” It’s our job today to rank those options, starting with the worst one. Note that this has nothing to do with what the team is offering, which means...