Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
Certainly not in their first years in the majors.

Folty would be an insane reliever. But he has better stuff than anybody else in our farm system, and it's really not that close. We would be doing a disservice to the entire organization not to see if he can reach his potential as a starter. He can be moved to the pen at any point if it doesn't work out.

But I've seen enough from him this year to believe he can absolutely get there. He has elite velocity and seems to be adding some movement to his fastball, a plus curveball that he needs to continue to command better, and a developing slider that could be plus as well.
Yeah, he has great stuff. Strasburg has the best stuff of any nat too and he's what their 4th best starter. Stuff is great, but it doesn't always equate to best pitcher. I hope he's the 2nd coming of smoltz, but I think he'll come closer to Kimbrel. I think he and shae Simmons will be a very formidable back end of our staff in '16-'17