Osuna potential as Closer (long term)

[North_of_Border]

I read somewhere the some people are making Osuna's comparison to the great closers in history (potential). Yeh it's early, but he us also doing it at a very early age.

I thought Osuna is a future Ace. Keeping him as a bullpen arm is a waste. He should be a starter long term...... but now I am double guessing myself. With a few potential strong arms showing good stuff in the farm, Sanchez doing fine as a starter and Happ-Estrada around long enough for the kids to catch up.... why not keep Osuna as the closer, Long Term?

He wants to close. He made that public. Why not let him?... he can be our Mariano Rivera.... no?

[Sifu]

I thought elite bp arms are in the 2-3 WAR range, whereas elite starters are double that or more.

My big worry with Osuna is that his development as a starter gets stalled because not working on secondary pitches as much.

[Natural11]

I thought elite bp arms are in the 2-3 WAR range, whereas elite starters are double that or more.

My big worry with Osuna is that his development as a starter gets stalled because not working on secondary pitches as much.

I think his slider and change-up have been great so far this season. His change-up is underrated. 10-12mph drop from his best fastball.

[dballislife]

Its like Sanchez, u gotta maximize a young arms potential before u label him a pen arm...if u pay up u can pay for elite pen arms, they r pricy but payable...man if u wanna pay for a great starter, u can dream cus we not that type of organization

Especially now that Stroman is looking more like a 2-3 arm

[Santoki]

Its like Sanchez, u gotta maximize a young arms potential before u label him a pen arm...if u pay up u can pay for elite pen arms, they r pricy but payable...man if u wanna pay for a great starter, u can dream cus we not that type of organization

Especially now that Stroman is looking more like a 2-3 arm

4-5 arm at the moment but it's really his first full year. Lots of time to grow.