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Prospects Will Break Your Heart

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You know what they say about pitching prospects, right? You know how there's no such thing as pitching prospects? You ever hear that chestnut? Huh? Huh???????

Yeah, well, just because it's obnoxiously parroted by every talent evaluator both professional and armchair doesn't make it any less true. Eddie Butler was the future ace that would join other future ace Jonathan Gray in anchoring a new Rockies rotation: One That Didn't Suck.