Organizations have to strike a balance when it comes to the handling of their prospects in a season that is focused on building for the future. So if a young starting pitcher like Peter Lambert is taking some lumps at the big league level, does it help or hurt his development?
Luke Zahlmann argues here in no uncertain terms that the Rockies have blown it with their handling of Lambert this season. In tracing the course of Lambert’s season and where some of his statistics have ended up, Zahlmann argues that the Rockies should have demoted him earlier in the summer rather than watching him struggle in the big leagues.