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That's a pretty decent comp to me. Don't expect greatness but you might get an awful lot of survivableness out of him. I said Piniero yesterday, same basic concept (certainly once Pineiro left SEA and had to find something to create the second half of his career).
His Jackson comments were cutting, though: "He's athletic and has power. We'd probably have sent him back to do A ball all over again." Like I said, his actual baseball skills seem lacking, and I think it's pitch recognition. Sometimes that comes with age, and sometimes guys just can't see the laces soon enough.
DiPoto is ransacking Jack's minor leaguers to shake loose change out of the cushions just like Jack did to Bavasi's. Let's hope the end result is better.