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I'm not quitting on him now.  He gave up 8 earnies in a minor league start in front of my eyes and I still thought he was tremendous.
He just needs his shot. I would - honestly - rather start Walker in the minors and give him a final wax and polish while salting away another year of club control and monitoring his arm a bit. If Erasmo struggles and Walker is killing it, then by all means call up the ace to Bumgarner his way to greatness.
I love E-Ram, but I freely admit my adoration of his high-fastball/wipeout-change fearless approach to pitching is probably outside the norm. The As are running Tommy Milone out there as a good BOR guy, The D-Backs are getting a lotta mileage out of Wade Miley's 6.5 K/ 2.5 BB with average (9) hits per.  Erasmo does that, and has the stuff to do more than either of those guys.
What are we talking about for his mid point comp? Ivan Nova? That dude ain't bad. If only we'd taken him instead of Noesi when we were offered the choice. And Erasmo is a 3-pitch guy rather than a 2, with the same 92+ mph average fastball he throws darts with but both a plus slider and change (when healthy).
I'd give him a shot at the rotation.  He's no #6 starter like Beavan, not with weapons that can actually get opposing players out and the pitchability to do it on a low pitch count and go deeper into games. Beavan could get deep into games too, when the balls were being hit at people, but he was serving them up in ways Erasmo does not. E-Ram has two (half) seasons of experience under his belt and just needs some consolidation time while he's your BOR.
But we'll see how comfortable the Ms are with it. I don't mind all the kids in the rotation - for the first time in a while they'd be the RIGHT kids to have a shot at success - but it might be too risssky.
~G