Someone asks: who's the next starter prospect after Pineda?  Doc zips in with Robles, properly, and I append a Wilhelmsen note, because I usually do.
 
But, smb1520, you are correct that Beavan should be in that mix.  He has two problems that are essentially "public relations" issues, not substantive ones.
 
1. He was a first-round draft pick out of high school (17th overall).  Big kid out of Texas -- that'll be your flame-throwin' hoss, Clemens, Beckett, Kerry Wood etc.   But he's not.  Supposedly threw 95+ in high school, but maybe that was hype.
 
2. He was in the trade with Josh Lueke, and the combination of Lueke's controversy and lights-out results made him a magnet for attention.  Beavan not so much.
 
Anyway, Beavan went right from high school to the A-ball Midwest League, just like Nick Franklin, and succeeded right away (10 wins in 23 starts, 2.37 ERA) -- but not in the way people expected.  He hasn't been a strikeout pitcher, but has used the Fister profile of keeping walks and HR down.  Hasn't been throwing mid-90s.
 
And some have questioned his toughness and maturity -- but, this is a kid who has been rushed up the ladder.  He was in AA at 20 in just his 2nd year of pro ball; then AA and AAA last year.  Some think being traded away from Texas (whose AA team is in Frisco, also in the Dallas area) might take some of the pressure off.
 
Anyway, he will be in his age-22 season (same as Robles), which is the age many college pitchers begin their pro careers (like Fister, for example), he's 6-7, 250, which is actually bigger than Fister, and he's already climbed the ladder to AAA, while running sub-2.0 BB/9 the whole way.
 
Need to keep an eye on him and see what develops.