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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
When's a prospect just a young veteran? Sure, pitchers get hurt and get hurt all the time.
But TINSTAAPP is largely the belief that there's so many steps/hurdles to clear along the way that until a guy gets to the big leagues without his arm having torn clear from his body, you can't count on him.
Weaver made it to the big leagues seemingly intact and showing the same ability to get swings and misses. That's that big final step to establishing yourself less as a prospect and more as a young major leaguer.
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I don't think Weaver is quite there, yet. He's close, but needs to have some MLB success to shed the prospect label.
In terms of safeness or floor, he's towards the top of the heap there. Having a successful AAA stint is important. He's also thrown a lot of minor league innings without injury concerns, so that is a mark in his favor.
I'd be thrilled to add Weaver to KC's crop of arms, both for 2017 and moving forward. He would be a great ft in KC and matches the profile of guys Moore has brought in when moving pieces about to be FAs.
Duffy, Kennedy, Weaver, Karns would be a pretty good - and economical - way to approach 2018 and beyond in the rotation.
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