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Edit: OK....got it.
I've always felt the Morrow deal was more with the way the M's used/demoted/promoted him and not with any talent deficit.
He had the ability to get MLB batters out, right away.
Capps too, it appears.
Maybe Capps' future is as a starter, but a question to ask is would he benefit more from the MLB experience than the AA deal?
Doc has mentioned the Earl Weaver process and how he first used future starters in the pen. Well, Hank Bauer did it in Baltiimore before Weaver. In '65, Jim Palmer (all of 19 years of age and with 129 innings of A-ball behind him) got his first call-up to the Orioles. They would win 94 games that year (finishing third). Palmer threw 92 innings in 27 games, 6 as a starter. He was useful on a really good team. The next year he had 30 appearances, all starts, and threw 208 innings.
I know that Palmer/Bauer/'65 is ancient history but it can be seen as a template here.
If Capps can help this team this year by being pen guy, then that should be where/how he is used. Lord knows, we look like we need a reliable BP arm or two.
Spot start him if you have to....and if his future is as a starter. But in the present he is more valuable to the team and to his future by going the bullpen route.
moe