July 18, 20178 yr With so many good pitching prospects, we are bound to have some guys in the bullpen. Where do we think they end up? Here is what I think... Kopech- Starter Giolito- Long Reliever Lopez- Starter Fulmer- Reliever Cease- Reliever Hansen- Starter Dunning- Reliever Adams- Reliever Stephens- Starter
July 18, 20178 yr QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) With so many good pitching prospects, we are bound to have some guys in the bullpen. Where do we think they end up? Here is what I think... Kopech- Starter Giolito- Long Reliever Lopez- Starter Fulmer- Reliever Cease- Reliever Hansen- Starter Dunning- Reliever Adams- Reliever Stephens- Starter I think Adams actually has the highest likelihood of all of them to stick as a starter. Edited July 18, 20178 yr by OmarComing25
July 18, 20178 yr QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) With so many good pitching prospects, we are bound to have some guys in the bullpen. Where do we think they end up? Here is what I think... Kopech- Starter Giolito- Long Reliever Lopez- Starter Fulmer- Reliever Cease- Reliever Hansen- Starter Dunning- Reliever Adams- Reliever Stephens- Starter I like the topics you've started over the past few days. Don't make it over this way to the prospect board as much as I'd like but I do like the discussion. At this point my guesses are: Kopech - starter Giolito - starter - I know a lot have been down on him but I think he's the classic case of a Liriano or Gavin Floyd type. A guy who has the stuff and snaps in and out of it a lot. Hot and cold stretches. Very sensitive to whos catching him, home/away splits, etc. etc. Lopez - Starter Fulmer - I think the experiment will end as a starter by next year - reliever Cease - TBD - don't know a lot about him Hansen - Just by sheer numbers wise I'd think reliever but who knows Dunning - For sure starter The last two I don't know enough about to give an opinion Another thing to think about it is injuries (Burdi) that are inevitable, DL trips, and trades. I always go back to the Rays as my example. They have 2-3 pitchers ready to fill their rotation spots if and when Archer is eventually traded. I like that model as a lower market team. We're never going to spend with the big guys - we're the Brewers, Rays, A's type team with the ability to top out as like a Twins, Cardinals type budget if all pieces fall into place.
July 18, 20178 yr I'll play, and as a bonus I'll rank them in order of likeliest starter to likeliest reliever: Adams - Likeliest starter Dunning - Starter Kopech - Starter Giolito - Starter Lopez - Starter Hansen - Borderline starter Stephens - Borderline reliever Guerrero - Reliever Fulmer - Reliever Danish - Reliever Cease - Likeliest reliever
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