Again, you’re twisting words and trying to force an argument where there doesn’t need to be one, just so you can sound superior.
At the end of the day, Lauer is probably near the end of the line anyway once Yesavage and Berrios get back. So if he ends up making five or six starts for us, then yes, the results have been mediocre - but that’s exactly why he’s a career 5th or 6th starter. He can go through stretches where he looks solid, like we saw in the early part of last season, and he can also go through stretches where the inconsistency shows up.
For a guy who was 7th or 8th on your SP depth chart, if he gets called on because of injuries and gives you around five innings while allowing roughly three earned runs per start over a handful of outings, the Jays have definitely gotten worse before.