The 2019 rotation "could" be kinda nasty...
Give me young guys learning on the cheap over old guys making millions and sucking while doing it...any day.
jpx7 (06-06-2017)
Soroka is sporting a 4/1 K/BB ratio. He's striking out almost a batter per 9 and walking only a little over 2 per 9. The fact that he's doing this at 19 after skipping high A is crazy.
So Tooki's walks go up and his ERA goes down, weird. I predict by the time he gets somewhat ready for the majors that he will be blocked and he'll initially be brought up as a bullpen piece...and he'll dominate there and never get a chance to start again.
That can happen with young pitchers like him. Sometimes when you have your nastiest stuff it's moving so much you don't know where it's going to end up. The flip side is you don't get hurt as bad by the walks because your stuff is too nasty to barrel up. Of course, once you reach the majors you'll have hitters spitting on more pitches so you'll need to harness your stuff better.
I agree that Touki probably ends up in the pen. His fastball-curve combo could be deadly out of the pen.