With pitching at a high demand, here are the top 5 MLB starting rotations. 

By Aniello Piro

Starting pitching has completely owned the MLB offseason. With teams shedding dollars like there is no tomorrow, and packaging top prospects, teams will do anything to acquire elite starting pitching to bolster their starting rotations.

Two teams in particular have tried to revamp their rotation in the offseason, however, even with all the additions they still have a long way to go before cracking the top five.

The Arizona Diamondbacks shelled out $206.5 million dollars for Zack Greinke, and depleted their farm system to acquire Shelby Miller. These additions were great, but they have yet to transition into wins.

The Boston Red Sox shelled out $217 million dollars to David Price this offseason. $217 million for a guy to go to work every fifth day, and go in to hibernation come playoff time.

We have seen how far teams are willing to go to make their team look better on paper, however, even after shelling out all these dollars they will not crack our top 5.

Here are your top 5 starting rotations in all of baseball:

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5. The San Francisco Giants

Projected rotation: Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija, Jake Peavy, Matt Cain

The San Francisco Giants are much improved coming into 2016. They added two solid starting pitchers in Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija via free agency, to an already bolstered starting rotation.

Madison Bumgarner is a legitimate ace in the big leagues, and a true front of the line starting pitcher. In 2015, Bumgarner went 18-9 with a 2.93 ERA, at the young age of 26.

Cueto and Samardzija are two guys that have a good amount of experience as well as success in the big league, and will be effective in their respective roles in the Giants rotation. In addition they are both younger pitchers in the prime of their careers.

The big reason the Giants have a top five rotation is because they have a lot of experience, and established Major League pitchers. Nothing is better in baseball than established Major League talent, and the Giants have that.