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And said similar before this season. Then Hultzen and Erasmo went down and, well...we needed that depth. That's a part of why I'm not antsy to trade any of them. Maurer can show up with game plans in spring and we'll all eat our words, or he can show minimal progress and it's back to this conversation. He's not going to fetch much pitching like this or we'd be talking trade piece.
It pretty much comes down to too soon to tell right now whether it's about the depth in spring, who the best options are, where he should be and in what role. I made my preference for now because that's the conversation, but truly my answer is "not enough data"