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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Ouch.
That could be a tough debut. Good team, on the road, in a great park for LH hitters...
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Man - why do you fast-track him?
I mean I don't see Singer as a super high-ceiling kid to begin with. A nice pitcher w/ a good pitch mix that could slot in as a solid #3 starter over the long-term. But he's not gonna be a guy you hand the ball in October expecting to get 7 innings of 2 run ball. That's just not the stuff I see in him; not the arsenal.
So what's the upshot here? He's not AT his ceiling yet nor is his ceiling so high that you worry about 'wasting bullets' on him in the minors. He's one of those 'spend 2 full seasons in the minors, get called up midway through year 3 after you master polished hitters in AAA' kind of guys.
I guess it's ultimately with the idea that he wasn't gonna get any development in the minors this year so you might as well throw him out there to get some pitches in. And if he's NOT a future ace, then service time games aren't as critical.
{shrug}
So here we are in Busch stadium w/ zero fans and two major league lineups. This is...different.
But watching Miles Mikolas throw a REALLY hittable pitch is pretty damn familiar. I like Miles but man, when he makes a bad pitch, it's a REALLY bad pitch.