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That would be a really, really tough call, which of Noesi's breaking pitches is *going to be* the best.
The slider has really good arm action, and high school break, and he's gotten swingthroughs already. But it's easy to predict that batters will adjust and pulverize it ... it is in essence a slow cut fastball.
The curve has a little better break, but to my eye he telegraphs it.
My guess would be that the key would be to go FB-Changeup about 90% of the time, and just mix the slider a little. His FB game is so good that he can use it as bread-and-butter.
But we'll see what they come up with.