I want to believe in the big Stack breakout season, but I just don't see it happening. How long has he been in an elite environment, a stellar culture, surrounded by deadset champions of the game, and examples of guys like Aarts and Lambert who epitomise what hard work does for your career?
Does some nice stuff, but still goes missing, still gets gassed way too early for the role he plays, and still seems to take a season to even approach the standard required to get a senior game.
Everyone says he could be anything. Yeah... but when??
If we can keep him on the list cheaply, then great, there's enough potential upside there to justify a spot. But only for a year. And if his 2023 is a repeat of 2022, you'd have to consider whether the list space could be freed up for someone whose trajectory hasn't stalled.