He'll likely never be at least reasonably good at it until he starts getting continued opportunities to do so. That will also show what he's really made of, as far as his psyche and physical abilities go.
Agreed. You can't keep treating the young starters with kid gloves indefinitely. They have to come off sometime. SWR, Festa, and Matthews are just the current ones affected. There will likely be more.
Very frustrating!
Nice win.
I still think that taking the training wheels off of SWR is long overdue. We really need to find out what he's fully capable of, so we know exactly what we have. Always limiting him to 2 times through the order and 5 innings each outing is never going to accomplish that end.