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The weird thing in this thread is how little the service time aspect is mentioned. If you send him down, you keep him for another year. The reason he was brought up before the service time cutoff was the chance for a draft pick if he wins ROY, and the chance of that has gone way down.
I don't think it makes much of a difference in his development which league he's in, but why not just take the extra year at this point? The rest of the impact is minimal in comparison.
I don’t think Means can be anything more than a fifth starter caliber pitcher throwing 89-92.
The fastball doesn’t get any whiffs at that velocity. He needs to be 92-94 and his bread and butter (the change) plays up much more.