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You know, these guys are going to have inning limits this year, why start them pitching now only to have to shut them down later?  Especially if there's even the minutist chance that they could be a contributer to the Cinderella run?  That would stink to be a few games out (or up!) of the wild card and playing like gangbusters only to have to bench one or two of your key starters.
So why not take someone like Hultzen, and let him sit with the big club for the first month of the season?  Let him learn the intangibles from the vets before he replaces one of them.  Then, when he would be in a good position to finish the year and the weather is nicer, send him to Tacoma to get into game shape and call him up in a couple weeks without having to worry about shutting him down.