You were always very high on him, despite his lack of strong ratios (he earned an A- in your 2003 book, and you called him "poetry in motion"!!).  Was it mainly his age-relative-to-league that got you excited, or did he have other characteristics that made you positive on his future potential?

He did perform well at a young age in the majors, so I don't think it was a miss.  As you note, there may be an injury around the corner, and that is always a caveat to any prediction.

And I always appreciated how you blend scouting sources and personal observations in with the numbers.  Sabermetrics is just a means to an end, and the end is being able to predict with greater accuracy the development of minor league ballplayers.  Also, sabermetrics has some limitations which will be hard to overcome, such as quantifying and dealing with "makeup" (think Josh Hamilton, Jeff Allison, Cole Hamels,..), just to give an example.  The "best" approach will always be a blend, and the key will be how one weighs the competing factors.  

At any rate, I've had Jerome on my team for a long time.  I think it's almost time to cut bait... Jerome, if you're reading this, I'm giving you one more start.  That's it! :-)

who I own in a couple of scoresheet leagues.

I'm close to giving up on Ainsworth, who I drafted ahead of Jerome (that was a dumb move then, it's still a dumb move).

I still hold out hope for Foppert, but I'm beginning to get impatient.

The Giants hate me!

(Actually, I'm not doing so well on Edwin Jackson, either, so it's not like the Dodgers treat me much better)

Medea's Child

Any chance he is working on a new pitch down there or being forced to throw his less strong pitches?