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Originally Posted by ksushi

Yeah, it's true. Bringing him up hurt him big development wise. I think he can get it back though, he's a cocky kid and he still has the great stuff, just not the location yet, he needs to learn to pitch. Hopefully its not a nerve thing, but it takes longer to tell when you're talking about a guy who was in college like a year and a half ago.

Delcarmen just flat out is not a major league pitcher right now. He has great pitches, but you can't say a guy has good stuff when he can't get his curveball over the plate at all. When you can't do that, no matter how good your fastball is, its gonna get hit. His curve is his only passable offspeed pitch but its never in the zone. I don't know if he'll pan out to be much right now.

I highly doubt Bucholz will see this bigs any time soon. Lester is on a faster track, and even if Lester isn't Julian is a viable option right now to go the rest of the season. I think they will give it to Lester sometime this year, but point is, Bucholz has no where to go really except maybe tripe-A if he stays this nasty. He is downright filthy right now, Bowden is pretty locked in too pitching in a hitters league and a hitters park, hes putting people away. With that kind of talent right there, bowden is 20 buch is 22, we have plenty of time to wait. If they get the Hansen/Cla meredith treatment I'll be surprised, but who knows.

Hansen was in the bigs within weeks of signing. THAT is too fast. Otherwise you just have to judge what the talent level of the player is. You better believe that if a player is good enough to actually contribute to winning a WS he will be playing. There are many examples of success when brought up young and I trust this FO to make the right call.