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Is the knowledge that a) he's got legit talent and b) many other guys who do what he did have gone on to great careers.
So now we need to find another one.  Paxton might "only" be a LH Morrow, but I'd take that.  If he has the feel on his curve he's just devastating.  The Ms could always give the standard "his change-up needs more work" but with what Pineda did I think that's a hard justification to make if the other two pitches are mowing big-leaguers down like sheafs of wheat.
I have Paxton as the leader out of the gate, since he's had his minor league time to prove just how good he can be while Hultzen has none.  Can you name me some starting pitchers who skipped the minors in the last 30 years or so?
I'm not getting any good ones coming to mind.
So I would think that Paxton has pole position, with Hultzen trying to prove he deserves a late May / early June look.
If both of them prove they do...that would be outstanding.  We need our mega-talented kids to bring it out of the gate this year.  
Most of our hitters got the change to knock the kinks outta their games last year in the bigs (Montero excluded) but the arms that can make an immediate impact need to if we have an shot at an over .500 year.
It's all right if they're not ready.  But if we want to have a contending year instead of a rebuilding one, then our young pitchers will have to be awesome.
That Iwakuma wildcard fascinates me as well.  We could have such a fabulous staff this year, even without Pineda...
~G