He's had a great first half but there are tons of guys who have done that and then went to crap in the second half. It's not like it's a new phenomenon.
This is the same guy who had an ERA of 7.13 in almost 40 innings of A ball last year. Then a 3.55 ERA in 58.1 of AA ball.
I just don't think he's advanced that far and once teams start to see him more, that ERA is only going to rise.
He's obviously very talented but nowhere along the line did I see anything that indicated this type of success. He'll be a good one, but has no business being this good. It's just a fade based on the perceived regress to the mean that I think he'll encounter.
Not saying he's garbage or anything...
PS to Viejo, Cueto is lowering his ERA and pitching better. I still will stick with my preseason scouting report that Cueto has the better ERA and WHIP when all is said and done.
Their WHIPs right now are pretty freaking close. Cueto has not gotten any luck though.
