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<blockquote data-quote="the juiceman cometh" data-source="post: 1769759" data-attributes="member: 747321"><p>Yeah, I think the only issue I have with that is Hicks is already 25, and he keeps getting injured in that bullpen role. It could be he's just injury prone, or it could be he's injury prone <em>in that role.</em> If it's the latter, then you risk another lost season, and a lost opportunity to develop a starter.</p><p></p><p>The Cardinals have a reputation for moving promising starting prospects to the bullpen on a ostensibly temporary basis, and then having them get stuck there due to early success. Hicks is one example, as are Genesis Cabrera, and Alex Reyes. Pallante, who has been dominant in the pen, was pretty much exclusively a starter last season at Memphis and looked very good in that role. It'll be interesting to see if he gets another look at starting. He's obviously valuable in the bullpen, but even mid-rotation starters provide so much more value over the course of a season, it would be a shame to not see if he can develop into an MLB level starter.</p><p></p><p>Back to Hicks, I'd be in favor of sending him down to Memphis (if he has minor league options left) to see if he can develop as a starter there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the juiceman cometh, post: 1769759, member: 747321"] Yeah, I think the only issue I have with that is Hicks is already 25, and he keeps getting injured in that bullpen role. It could be he's just injury prone, or it could be he's injury prone [I]in that role.[/I] If it's the latter, then you risk another lost season, and a lost opportunity to develop a starter. The Cardinals have a reputation for moving promising starting prospects to the bullpen on a ostensibly temporary basis, and then having them get stuck there due to early success. Hicks is one example, as are Genesis Cabrera, and Alex Reyes. Pallante, who has been dominant in the pen, was pretty much exclusively a starter last season at Memphis and looked very good in that role. It'll be interesting to see if he gets another look at starting. He's obviously valuable in the bullpen, but even mid-rotation starters provide so much more value over the course of a season, it would be a shame to not see if he can develop into an MLB level starter. Back to Hicks, I'd be in favor of sending him down to Memphis (if he has minor league options left) to see if he can develop as a starter there. [/QUOTE]
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