It's time to stop screwing around with this kid

[bigredmechanism]

calm down OP the kid is young. misfire lol Okay.

[lonewolf371]

Originally Posted by Redeye fly

If he wants to be or is to be a starter, it also would help if he develops a change up.

I can't think of too many successful starting pitchers with 2 pitches... even when one of those pitches can approach the plate at over 100 mph.

Michael Pineda doesn't seem to care about having a 3rd pitch, but overall I agree.

[Señor Rojo]

Originally Posted by webbbj

you never have enough starters.

Yep, more starters results in more trading leverage. Teams are always looking for starting pitching, so this works in the Reds favor. By having multiple starting pitchers, the front office can determine which starters they want to go with and then trade accordingly. Chapman is a wildcard in this scenario. Running him out there every 5th day to get pounded due to both his lack of control and limited number of pitches in his arsenal (get it?) is not going to make him a better pitcher. No control results in poor pitching, whether in be in the bullpen or from the first inning.

[webbbj]

im in the camp that he should be a starter. if he fails at that its gonna be easier to convert back to reliever than the other way around.

[Vottomatic]

I'm in the camp that he should be trade bait. By the time this kid develops some control his contract will be up. If he develops any control.