Thoughts on these young pitchers...

[TownDrunk]

As a Giants fan who has seen the "AFW" as we called them play, I would rank them like this:

Williams
Foppert
Ainsworth

I have not seen Claussen play, so I will hold off from making comments on him.

[GotowarMissAgnes]

the guy has proven he can do it in the majors. it was a mistake for me to say he's WAY better, you're right, williams is right on par with him. but he's CERTAINLY not at the bottom of the pack, as many of you implied.

Just because he's at the bottom, doesn't mean he's not good. It's a very closely packed group of 4 guys in my opinion. If I was just picking for this year, I'd say Ainsworth is second best. If I'm picking for the long-term, however, he's 4th, not because he's that much worse, but because he's the oldest.