So Drew Storen?
Drew Storen's problem has always been his head, not his stuff. But in any case, the better theoretical comp here is Clippard - apparently questionable as a starter with control problems on breaking ball but a good change.
I'm being facetious. I know a lot of people really like Dunning. I just would've liked a higher upside pick with the 1st rounder. Dunning is a very safe pick.
It's a reasonable pick given the two recent 1st rounders on TJ-recovery starters and a later-round pick on a high-upside, above-slot TJ-recovery starter this year.
I hear ya. I just think he has a higher upside than most think.
Now, if he started out in Auburn in the pen I'd be with ya. That would annoy me being he was a first round pick.
I'm not as big a fan as most of trying to turn college relievers into starters, regardless of the talent level of the guys around them in college. I have one very specific recollection of a major-conference college reliever who was absolutely ridiculous as a reliever in the NYP, was then turned into a starter, and had about the most generic, nondescript MLB possible given his stuff. Things like that stick with you.
