Brown was really good as a starter last year. He pitched 40 innings of a 3.3 ERA, allowing just 4 HR. Obviously they'd like to have him in the rotation and they're gonna give him a bit of leash to get right. It's also important to note that his FIP this year as a SP is 3.4., so they possibly believe that it his true talent. I think a lot of the ERA-FIP being so high is his fault and part of it may not be. It's weird to me that someone can throw such a devastating curve but they can't throw a change. It seems like the kick-change is pretty easy to throw from what I've heard pitchers say. I think he's tried to throw a circle-change at times and it grades horribly, as does the fastball. Let's see if he can round into form, but I believe he needs something else to keep hitters off the fastball.