A few factors (1) he’s a PC guy and easy to root for…:
There’s two ways to look at his carrer trajectory up to this point (a) he’s only throw 300 innings in 7 years or (b) he’s only 4/5 years removed from posting back to back seasons with a 7+ era at d3 and already has elite major league stuff. Only really comp to this is a guy that played SS first few years in college then got drafted don’t throw a ton of innings but developed similar stuff and turned into best pitcher of all time (Degrom). So if he cna stay healthy and even continue to develop the potential is just off the charts
(2) in terms of being under rated he’s about as hi as they come d3 guy undiagnosed diabetes added bunch to weight and velocity and most importantly (3) in the non degrom world he has the best pure stuff in baseball.
Yes if his future is As closer (until he obv gets traded) then worst case he’s a cheap PC guy but I don’t see anyway the aaa don’t move him back to the rotation once he can stay healthy (and becomes the face of Vegas basbeall) or another team trades for him and then does the same/.
In terms of raw stuff I view his upside as little better versus of gerrit cole
https://youtu.be/Z2Je8-rSCpY?si=rjsCSDExSgXky8px
I can’t imagine watching this (I watched every start) and not spending $20 for a chrome update gold auto. Shrug