I say it right now. Hill will never be a effective starter. There I said it and I will stand by it. I hope that I'm wrong....I really do. But he's already an effective starter at AAA, so what are you basing this on? Key word being AAA...The minors are filled with effective minor league starters who never made it in the big leagues. I think Hill will be best suited as a lefty specialist if he can gain some sort of control. What's with all this Hill love? What has he shown that leads you people to believe he'll be a good starter in the ML? A really really really big curveball. That he can't get over the plate. You want to see a good curveball that is thrown for strikes watch Marshall. He can get it over the plate in AAA. Is that minor league plate smaller? I don't think the plate is smaller, but I do believe his stones get smaller when he takes a Major League mound. It's more mental than anything