The starting staff is rounded out with two youngsters: Miguel Campos, a fireballer who struggles with control issues and allows too many HR's, but shows flashes of great potential, and Chris Montefusco, who had a great spring training and continues to be consistently solid during the season, when he is not fighting nagging injury issues. Montefusco is not expected to be much more than a spot starter but if he continues to surprise it could become clear he is underrated and belongs as an important piece in the back-end (or, best-case scenario, middle) of the rotation.
(Another note about Campos: he is currently pitching in the Arizona Fall League, where he is once again displaying great inconsistency, hurling an 8-inning gem with 15 K's one game and two starts later getting shelled for 7 runs on 9 hits in 4 IP.)
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