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In the other thread I just comped Robles to Kazmir (which is probably a comp I've made before) but the statline is the same.
Scott Kazmir: 8.5 hits, 1.0 HR, 4.2BB and 8.8K.  That's about as close to Robles and his MLE line as I'd expect to get, especially with similar height issues.  Kershaw is a bit taller and has different advantages.
But he's that sort of pitcher right now.  If he can jump a control plateau with his footwork and get those walks to Bedard/Danks level, look out.
I expect him to be in AAA working on that.  If it clicks in camp and he pulls "Eureka!" out of a hat, then yeah we might be breaking in 2 rookie of the year candidates at once.
More likely is that 6/11 is Pineda's time, and 6/12 is Robles.
I don't really worry about service time as much with pitchers as I do with hitters, but I'm fairly certain the Ms do.  We'll see this year whether Pineda is allowed to break camp with the big boys as he should.
I view Pineda as the same type of high-K control freak that Liriano was when he broke into the league.  We'll see if he can keep that up in the pros but I'd want him in early and often.  There's no guarantee of pitcher health and if he's ready in April, then I'd like to see him contributing in April.
~G