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TINSTAAPP
He's nothing 'til he's toeing the rubber.
There are a lot more David Clydes than there are Zack Greinkes. If you get 1 legitimate #3 starting pitcher out of the entire crop of minor league arms you have right now, consider yourselves fortunate.
Greinke
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Hochevar
Bannister
Congrats, you're a #2 and #3 starter away from a championship rotation. Keep in mind that 'championship rotations' generally have guys like Matt Cain, Cliff Lee, Adam Wainwright, AJ Burnett, Curt Schilling, etc... as the #2 guy and someone with an ERA in the top 1/3 of the league as a #3.
Calling Crowe a #2 based on his stuff is about like me saying "We'll have 3 CY winners in 4 years when Shelby Miller proves better than Wainwright."
Those 2/3 starters are a hell of a lot easier to project than produce...
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