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Very disheartening to see Z basically discount any future of Aumont as a starter.
Sandy's right that Z is most likely doing some posturing and obfuscation. Heck, he could even be saying some of this stuff for Aumont's benefit. Sometimes players need to be squashed, especially hotheaded, overly-aggresive 20 YO's.
There are plenty of examples of SP's who went back & forth between SP & relief; Sandy's example of Smoltz is a good one. Also Joba Chamberlain (and the jury's still out on that one), Santana...
Definitely I think Z is looking at the paucity of innings thrown by both Morrow & Aumont and saying to himself, too bad these guys with the nuclear arms don't have the experience and stamina (and dare I say.. mental makeup?) they will need to succeed long term as a starter. These are bullpen arms.
I'm not as upset over this as many are. There are a lot of paths to winning. You need great SP's to do it, sure, and the M's are taking a couple long-shots to be great SP's and converting them to improved odds to be great RP's. It's disappointing but it's not like I don't see it as being completely irrational.