You couldn't be anymore wrong with that sentiment. Normally I don't go outside my own thread to discuss certain players or games but I absolutely promise and assure you that this is a statement you will maybe re-visit in a few years and laugh that you said it. Nobody studies starting pitchers more than I do - nobody. And throughout all my years of reviewing starting pitchers, the hours I put in every single day over the years during the season looking at pitchers' potential, tendencies, rhythms, etc., I came up with the belief that Blake Beavan, my *No. 1 Sleeper* coming into 2012 actually, will 100-percent unquestionably be an upper-rotation pitcher for many years.
Is he having the best year? No he's not. Was he good tonght? Definitely not. But he's allowed to have an off start, which has been a real rarity since he was recalled from Triple-A (Before tonight, his ERA was just over 3 and his WHIP just over 1.00 in his seven starts back) over a month ago, and don't be fooled by his numbers overall for the year. He was out to a great start to 2012... then he got hit by a line-drive in a start against Doug Fister. Mentality is the most important component to being a successful pitcher, so when you get hit by a rocket line-drive, how do you recover mentally knowing that could just as easily happen again? He came off the DL, struggled, and was sent down. He got back on track while in the minors pretty easily AND quickly, and since being called up, he's shown what he's capable of.
I know you're frustrated with how the game played out - believe me, I am too, since that random two-out, two-strike 9th inning homer with nobody on turned my UNDER 9 from a win into a push - but don't make a statement like that attacking my boy Blake Beavan. I never, ever make guarantees, but if there is one I'd actually make, it's that Blake Beavan has a nice, longgg career ahead of him being a successful starting pitcher while working towards the top of a pitching rotation on a yearly basis.
