I still will defend Huntington as the only real determinate option to give this team a shot, and be at least viable from an organizational depth point of view, but that statement sure is a load of garbage. I am actually not sure if I think it's entirely ********, but what I really have a hard time understanding is why we didn't just trade him for some random asset? Instead we gave him away for nothing to a bad team, perhaps just to basically spite the Brewers or Cubs? Cool I guess, but strategically stupid, and looks really bad.
It's also hard to take the idea about other pitchers getting innings really seriously when Osuna is baking in the sun on the bench and Jaso is out there every day, not to even mention Chris Stewart.
The only real things of interest that remain this year are everybody avoiding big injuries and what Glasnow does when he gets a couple of chances to start.
Just checked on Glasnow, really encouraging that he's gone 6 starts in a row with just 1 or 2 BBs (4x1, 2x2). All 6+ innings, just a handful of hits, lots of Ks. It makes some sense to just let him stay on that roll in AAA, but I think he should basically be here as soon as possible so that we can see him 5 times or so in September as long as he has the innings in his arm. If those can carry over, that would be an extremely encouraging note for next year... I think at this point, Kuhl has really shown that he's destined for the bullpen. Brault has seemed very mediocre to me, but I wouldn't be adverse to seeing what he does with a few starts, if Nova or someone goes down with a faked injury (though you could make the same argument for letting Kuhl ride the season out and seeing how he is - it just seems like a pretty clear patter that he can be very good for stretches and then unravel like clockwork).
