mredsox89, I think you may be a bit short-sighted with this Masterson/Buchholz thing. LHB are going to start waiting on Masterson's secondary stuff and just killing it without more refinement.

Any time a player first comes up from the minors, there tends to be a period when teams haven't scouted him well and he has success. It's how they do after teams make adjustments that determines how they'll pan out as a player. We've already seen teams begin to adjust to Masterson in his third start. I'm not saying he'll do poorly, but to say he's a better short-term option than Buchholz is folly right now. The honest truth is that BOTH could use a bit more seasoning - Buchholz with his fastball command, which is the last thing he needs before he can become a true ace; and Masterson with his change, which is the last thing he needs to stay as a starter and not eventually move to the bullpen. I'm not saying that either of those needs to happen in the minors either.

In the grand scheme of things, I agree that this is a great debate to be able to have.