Let's get the obvious out of the way immediately. It's far too soon to think he's going to be an ace and it's probably far too optimistic to think he's going to be an ace.
Those are both some very true facts and so are these.
He's got three pretty good pitches.
He knows what to do with them.
He's as unflappable a young pitcher as I've ever seen.
Tonight's game was the first game he's pitched where he's been pretty meh. He had three horrible games where he was pretty obviously tipping pitches. Tonight he didn't really have good control but was still able to minimize the damage and get through five innings. Whenever he's had a bad outing he's responded with a good one.
It's too soon to be an ace.
It's too optimistic to think he'll be an ace.
It's way too optimistic to plan on him being an ace in 2016.
With all those caveats and addendums (addendi?) I ask you, what does your gut say?
Mine says we're going to enjoy watching him pitch very well for a long time.
Those are both some very true facts and so are these.
He's got three pretty good pitches.
He knows what to do with them.
He's as unflappable a young pitcher as I've ever seen.
Tonight's game was the first game he's pitched where he's been pretty meh. He had three horrible games where he was pretty obviously tipping pitches. Tonight he didn't really have good control but was still able to minimize the damage and get through five innings. Whenever he's had a bad outing he's responded with a good one.
It's too soon to be an ace.
It's too optimistic to think he'll be an ace.
It's way too optimistic to plan on him being an ace in 2016.
With all those caveats and addendums (addendi?) I ask you, what does your gut say?
Mine says we're going to enjoy watching him pitch very well for a long time.