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AlbionHero Major Leaguer

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I don't think they're rushing Gausman at all. He played at top level college competition and has been dominating down in AA... I think he would have been better served starting in AAA after how great he looked in Spring Training against major league competition. This guy is legit and is here to stay.

Heres a good article to read if you're still worried he might not be ready:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kevin-gausman-orioles-scouting-report/

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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I don't think they're rushing Gausman at all. He played at top level college competition and has been dominating down in AA... I think he would have been better served starting in AAA after how great he looked in Spring Training against major league competition. This guy is legit and is here to stay.

Heres a good article to read if you're still worried he might not be ready:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kevin-gausman-orioles-scouting-report/

Gausman has not been that dominating in AA. He's allowed a fair number of hits and runs and his K rate is lower than David Hernandez, Jake Arietta and Chris Tillman when they were in AA. None of them skipped AAA and all had their struggles after reaching the majors and got sent back down.

What distinguishes Gausman is the low BB rate, pure and simple. Whether that allows him to make the jump, we will see. If not, it's not going to scar Gausman for life, IMO. He'll just go back down and keep working.

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I like the move. It could be a shot in the arm and really, can he do any worse than what we've been trotting out there on average every 5th game? I'd rather see a young guy with a bright future struggle than someone in the twilight of his career.

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SpinJr Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Probably not late enough. Between 2009 and now, the new CBA made it a bit easier to become a Super Two. If Gausman comes up now and never goes back down, he'll be a Super Two after 2015. And we should be so lucky. Every young pitcher we've called up in recent years has gone back to the minors at some point. If Gaysman never goes back down that can only be great news.

Ain't that the truth! We should be WANTING Super Two status! We should pay that with thanks.

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kbrown119 A-Ball

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I am a loyal o's fan through and through but I cannot put my faith behind the decision to bring up Gausman at this point. He is not dominating AA and has not even went to aaa yet. How does the eligibility thing work out anyway, i thought they;d wait and bring him up this or next September. I realize people are gonna bash me and say he;s the face of the future and blah blah, well when they burn him out we are going to look like fools. I think they need to give 2nd and 3rd starts to guys like Johnson, Britton, and Jurrjens before we screw up our future.

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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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There's a hypothesis that pitchers only have so many pitches in their arms before they break down. We have little or no idea whether that number is 2000 or 200,000 for any given pitcher. So the quicker you can get a guy to the majors the more of his value you can capture as major league wins. Obviously you need to balance that against whether or not he's ready to get MLB hitters out. But if your scouts think he is there's no sense using up his career against Eastern League hitters.

I tend to agree with this.

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