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The only reason Robles isn't in the top 10 is because he's short.  It would be like keeping Wade Miller or Roy Oswalt out of the Astros top-10 when he was 20 (yeah I know they're righties and Wade's a bit taller, but both were viewed as small-framed injury risks).
 
His velocity spiked up last year to the low 90s, his breaking ball is advanced, and he makes hitters cry. When he finishes getting refined, watch out.  Health is not guaranteed for tall pitchers, or big pitchers, so I'm willing to see if Robles can stay a starter or has to be moved to the pen for "health reasons."  If he is, he's Brian Fuentes.  If he stays in the rotation, I dunno what he is.  Dangerous, I guess.
 
Or we could package him and Morrow in a deal for Adrian Gonzalez, perhaps. He gives us another bullet in our trading gun, that's for sure.
 
And French fills our starting pitcher need with a decent, ready arm, in the vein of an Abbott or Halama on the back end.  We have a lot of ready guys to fill those slots now.  And with Snell likely to come up to fill Washburn/Bedard's spot, it's gonna be interesting.  I think we've done well in filling em with players who can keep us above water if we can find any offense, and can help flush out the rotation relatively cheaply next year as well.
 
Now all we need is that offense...
 
~G