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which starters in the minors have ace potential?

Here is a question I saw on Baseball America with an answer from Jim Callis. What's your opinion?

    Which pitchers do you consider to have true No. 1 starter potential?


I'm stingy when it comes to anointing prospects as potential No. 1 starters. I want to see one dynamic pitch, at least one plus pitch to go with plus command and plus makeup—and even then I err on the side of caution. That's why there are only six pitchers whom I would stamp as having legitimate No. 1 starter potential: Stephen Strasburg (No. 2), Brian Matusz (No. 5), Neftali Feliz (No. 9), Martin Perez (No. 17), Tyler Matzek (No. 23) and Jacob Turner (No. 26).

There are five pitchers who ranked in the Top 25 whom I can't quite see as No. 1 starters yet. Madison Bumgarner's (No. 14) fastball continues to sit in the high 80s this spring, and that's a red flag. Jeremy Hellickson (No. 18) and Casey Kelly (No. 24) are very polished but don't have an overwhelming out pitch, while the reverse is true of Aroldis Chapman (No. 22). Kyle Drabek (No. 25) is close, but I'd like to see better fastball velocity and more command.

Behind those two groups are a half-dozen pitchers who could make the jump to No. 1 status. Jarrod Parker (No. 36) was there before injuring his elbow, and he'll miss all of 2010 following Tommy John surgery. Matt Moore (No. 35), Casey Crosby (No. 47), Chris Withrow (No. 48), Zack Wheeler (No. 49) and Shelby Miller (No. 50) need more consistency with their secondary pitches and improved command.


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