[Josh.]

i think you gotta do it. there won't be a player the rest of the season with the upside young has right now. if you don't grab him, someone else will. lock him up. even though there's some risk he won't be the starter, at least there's no question what he'd do if put in the starting role. that's a hell of a lot more valuable than someone like brian leonard, who might start several (or possibly even all) of their games but whose production is the big question mark