I actually just read an article published on Cleveland.com on May 9th about Stetson Allie's dad Danny retiring from being the head coach at St. Edwards High School's baseball team. They then mention that Stetson was down at extended Spring Training at the time getting time at 3rd. In additon, his dad just said on the Pittsburgh Sports Radio station literally 15 minutes ago that the Pirates were letting him hit more that usual during Minor League camp this spring. So obviously Huntington and Co. were thinking about this move a lot earlier than we all expected. He also said that Stetson has already said he's excited to now be a position player because he did not like waiting 5 days to pitch and that he believes "he's wired to play everday and has athletic abilities that you don't want to hold back".
Allie's awful control and his few injuries he's had in his short pro career made his prospect stock drop A LOT by experts even though he's only thrown 27 pro innings. The high number of strikeouts was good, but couple that with so many walks, hit batters, and wild pitches and you can tell why they decided to make the change. He was a thrower and not a "pitcher" and his pitching talents were EXTREMELY raw when he was drafted (even his dad said during the interview that during HS ball and beyond, he knew Stetson was very raw pitching and was going to be a big project).