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...with a chance to be a solid 3.
Disagree with a couple minor things.  For one, "After a short DL stint to rest his arm, in Tacoma Mr. Dash re-found his form, and was soon cutting through AAA rosters like a hot knife through soft butter."   RRS scuffled a long time in Tacoma, and even when he started getting slightly better results his stuff still wasn't there.  If I remember correctly, it wasn't until his last 2-3 Tacoma starts that he was starting to look like a big league pitcher.
Also, the comment on the '80' curve... I agree that his curve seemed to have more bite in his first stints with Seattle, both out of the pen and as a starter, but by no means was it an '80' or even plus-plus.  Adam Wainwright, Javier Vazquez, Wandy Rodriguez-- if anyone is throwing an "80" curve these days it's one of those guys.  RRS' curve looked promising to me, and looks like a slightly above average setup pitch right now.  It's flashed better a few times this year, especially in his first few starts back.  He's 'tweeted' that he's long his feel for the pitch, so hopefully we'll see it rebound.
As far as sustainability, he may be due for a small uptick but not much.  I think he's a 3.60-4 ERA guy, and as Dr. D and more recently Dave at USSM have mentioned, RRS is throwing more ground balls than ever, which will help his sustainability.