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Now we'll see if he starts getting lit up by guys looking for that weak-sauce fastball.
I think Beavan is gonna have an adjustment period for sure.  He had one in AAA - he started off awful and became good.  In the bigs he started off good...but I expect him to have some bad turns in the rotation shortly, from which he'll need to grow.  He needs a better changeup (or split-finger) and IMO a cutter.  We teach everyone the cutter now so that'll help get him a FB with more movement on it.  He likes to throw FBs, so give him some variation in them to let him stay in the zone without getting crushed.
It's the one reason I wanted him in the bigs for a significant chunk of time this year - to work on something other than that Cha Seung Baek-level mush fastball.
He's gonna need it long term.  I like that Beavan doesn't have a pulse and is scared of nothing.  Now I need him to learn how to be Fister.  I was hoping he'd learn how FROM Fister, but alas, no such luck.
He'll have to do it on his own.
~G