Terminology to me is always a strange thing.
Hall-of-Famer: Potential to get into the HOF if everything works out right
#1 starter: Could be the opening day starter for a team without a HOF starter
#2 starter: Could be the opening day starter for a team without either of the above, not as consistent or as high a top-end, but still a TOR guy.
#3 starter: Good, but held back from TOR status either by lack of stuff or lack of control
#4-5 starter: BOR arms that can "eat innings" with a semi-decent ERA, but can't consistently dominate.
#6 starter: Emergency #4-5 starter due to injury.
I don't see why that's hard, but everybody has their own scale. But with pitchers far moreso than hitters, I find it amusing.
What's funny is there are pitchers who can climb all those ranks. Jamie Moyer was as low as #6 and climbed as high as #1. He was ranked top-20 in pitcher WAR on multiple occasions during the steroid era - if that's not a #1 pitcher, I'm not sure what is. He would have been perfect behind a HOFer like Randy or Felix, but failing that, there was no shame in letting him pitch on Opening Day for you in several years of his career.
But when he was a #6, would you have guessed that? "That dude with the 86 mph fastball and the ginormous ERA is a #1?" I don't think so. It's rarer for a hitter to pull a Jose Bautista and climb from benchie all the way to #1 bat in a lineup (or all of baseball), but pitchers do it all the time. Bell curves vs. plateaus.
Being a great pitcher is more than having a great arm. Luke Hochevar has a great arm, but is NOT a great pitcher. Cliff Lee does not have a great arm, but is a MONSTER pitcher.
I love Campos, but the reason I think he can be a #1 is not that he has an arm that can light up a radar gun. It's that his head is screwed on straight, he's coachable but has innate talent, has tremendous command of the heat as well as having the heat in the first place, and has loads of time to work on other offerings that are less polished.
The interesting thing about command is that there aren't a lot of fastball-command pitchers who can't get their other pitches over for strikes. One of the reasons I really like plus fastballs with command is that it bodes well for the rest of their arsenal. There ARE Sorianos out there who can't get good enough secondary weapons to stay in the rotation, but a well-controlled, plus fastball will get you VERY far in this game. Ask Brandon League how it's working out.
So in THAT sense I do understand the grading system regarding "#1" and "#5": A #1 with a great heater (and has any pitcher in the history of earth been graded as a potential #1 without great heat? Weaver wasn't...) has the downside of failing with all his breaking offerings and still being a BOR guy or a great bullpenner. A #4 who's getting by on guile is nothing if his guile ever fails him, but could move up to being a #1 if his guile and non-fastball offerings are plus.
Easier to bet on the horse who still has something to offer the team even if things don't work out.
So in that sense, be happy! Campos has a live arm with great control, and his healthy floor is that of a remarkably useful player.
Enjoy that eased burden...and watch his upside.
~G
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