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for a while (I have been visiting family in the extremely beautiful aleutian islands, not much in the way of TV or internet access though ;) ), so I am reading old DOV articles getting caught up and this comment will probably not be seen by anyone, but oh well I usually talk just to hear myself anyways :)
If the goal for Jaku (and Vargas and Olson and French and Fister) was to have a 30-40% chance to help the big league team then I think that we can say that they have ALL succeeded.  Every MLB team needs 6/7 starters and swing men and long men in the pen, and each on of those guys has had success, at least for a few games, in one or more of those roles.  I remember a few years ago whne we were cycling through the negottes, Fierebends, Weavers, and HoRams of the world and thnking out loud through bombing after nombing, "Why can;t we call up a guy and just ONCE have him throw a decent start right off the bat?"  With all five of these guys we have had that (a good start or two), and while the jury is still out on all of them, they each have found a role for the team.  Jaku filled in very well as the long man out of the pen, usurping Batista out of that role, and keeping a lot of gamnes close, or taking on for the team when the game was already out of reach, I think he has probably cemented that role for the immediate future (0nce he comes back of the DL for shoulder stiffness).  Both Olson and Vargas filled in very admirably for a while as #5 men, and both had some success also coming out of the pen, especially Olson as a LOOGY.  Both are still candidates for that #5 spot going forward, and both could be used as swing men out of the pen or LOOGYs.  Now French and Fister are getting thier chance to stick in the rotation and so far the results are very good.  Anyways  all I am saying is all FIVE of these guys already have helped the big league team and continue to have a very good chance to provide goo cheap pitching in future years.  All five of these guys are GREAT guys to have hanging around our team.  Instead of bickering about which guy is better maybe we should be thankful we don;t have to deal with the 8 million dollar Dream Weaver, or the "I wish we still had Soriano" Ramerez's anymore!