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I think he is one of the few that never started in his college career and lost that chance due to the pandemic and now a fanbase has unrealistic expectation due to where he was drafted and his unique talent Can you find another pitcher drafted near the top who never started in college and is now expected to start?

That special talent's arm will explode if they make him a full time starter this year. The pandemic really hurt his physical development.

I don't see any scenario where he jumps Lawrence.

The league won't have all teams be competitive until there is a salary cap and floor along with better revenue sharing formula similar to the other leagues.

Agreed. Due to his not starting in college and losing the last season to the pandemic, there really is no other option physically. (i know you meant 2023.)

I think the current plan is to develop him as a starter and see how it goes. Having him in the pen this year to build innings doesn't preclude starting next year. He has such a limited innings base that he really can't start this year without shutting him down in July. So its either piggyback him in the minors which is really relieving or be used as a reliever.

It's feasible. However, I don't think the decision on whether to make him a starter or reliever has been decided. He needs to pitch a full year and stay healthy first.

The advantage is that he can learn how to get MLB hitters out. All the innings in the MiLB will not teach him that. He may actually use his secondary pitches less in the MiLB because he may be able to use just his fastball there. He won't be able to start much in the minors anyway due to the innings limit. Next year is when he needs to begin starting whether is be at the majors or minors.

Brining him up last may have been a mistake but there is nothing that can be done about that now. They need to worry about what the best plan is currently. Either path if MLB reliever or MiLB starter has advantages and disadvantages.

Sale threw 71 in his first full pro season. I see no reason why Crochet couldn't do that plus a little.

In 2022 they make him a full time starter with a moderate innings limit. Sure that conversation happens. It will be up to them to determine where he is more valuable.

It's possible. But he would really need to be a reliever this year due to his very limited innings count this year.

Except for the fact that Papelbon could start whereas Crochet cannot at least not for more than half a season.

This is the whole reason to do it this way. He has a very limited number of innings this year due to the lack of innings in his past. Why not use them in the MLB pen. The Papelbon comparison doesn't make sense as he was a starter in the minors. He could have started in the MLB but Boston chose not to. Crotchet could not be a starter this year for more than half a year before they shut him down.

Or Sale-ed or would it be Sold.

They signed young players to long term deals to contend for the next 5 years or so. They view their contention window longer than 2023. So why do anything to diminish that for the short term. Frequently the best team on paper doesn't win so they want to give themselves the most chances at it.

The Ball Doctor knows.

The laces or doctoring the ball allows for better spin rates thus better movement. Once people started focusing on spin rates it was inevitable that doctoring the ball would become more popular to artificially increase the spin rate.

Saw the title and thought it was about how to fix testicular torsion. ?

I don't think so.

One year of Lindor?

Volume of young and talented so hopefully one turns into another star type. They seem to do well at that.

Nor the greediness of the players.

I never said it would happen. I said it would make sense. Each group has reasons why they don't want it to happen

Translation: If you don't throw strikes, hitters tend not to swing. The job for Katz: Throw more strikes.