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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

 

 

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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.

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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.

 

 

 

 

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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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