A few weeks ago RHP Max Povse went on the DL with a hamstring injury. It was revealed that Povse, one of the higher ceiling starters in the farm system, was being converted into a long relief role a la Astros not-so-secret weapon Chris Devinski. Whether this shift was temporary or permanent hasn’t been determined, but a reliever of any type can make it in the MLB more easily than a starter, and here Povse is.
Povse has performed excellently at AA-Arkansas with a 3.33 FIP, but has not shown as dramatic a capacity to strike out hitters as his frame might suggest.