I am still alive.
Really, I am. Despite some tremendous effort by my friend, I am still breathing. The Mets are the first National League team to 50 wins. The Mets are the first New York team to 50 wins. Mike Pelfrey's seven inning, two hit, one run, and eleven strikeout performance on Saturday inches him closer to big show. Deolis Guerra has been pitching frighteningly well lately. In his last five starts, he has a 1.37 ERA, 6.15 h/9, 0.34 hr/9, 6.84 k/9, and 2.86 k/bb. He had his longest outing with 6.1 innings in his last outing with a career high of six strikeouts. That came after his five inning, no hit performance outing the time before that. This kid has a seriously high ceiling. Hopefully normalcy returns soon so normal posting does.
posted by michael o. at 12:55 AM
23 Comments:
Well, he just turned 17. He is on a pretty strict pitch count. Probably like 75 or 80 at this point. Petit was not allowed to throw deep into games until he was about 20. The game has changed, yes. But this has more to do with the fact he won't turn 18 until after the start of the 2007 season.
This rotation is looking older and older by the day though.
10:59 AM
Yeah, Deolis was signed with Fernando when they were 16, but could not play until they were 17. Dude was born in April of 1989 and is pitching pro-ball when there are some kids going into their senior year of high school. Pretty nuts really.
Ah, Petit. He's getting hammered, but he'll be good. Not great, but good. Really good deal for the Mets. I cannot say that enough. They sold high on a good prospect and got the beast they needed.
I follow Kazmir too. His first complete game 2 hitter in the bigs against Boston was serious. He owns that team.
Mets have to get Zito and have to hope Pelfrey is the real deal. Then Humber in 2008 hopefully if all goes well. I would hate for this team to fall short because of rotation oversights.
1:29 PM
Tell your friend to chill out. We're lost without the updates.
Anyway, do you really think Pelfrey is going to be able to do it at the major league level? I guess I don't know enough about the guy. All I know is the Soler was supposed to be the man when he came up. I guess by "the man" that they meant a nibbler. I hate nibblers and I'm praying that Pelfrey doesn't do that.
1:32 PM
Oh, the updates had nothing to do with near death. Beer, boats, big bodies of water, and skirts did.
Kenny, right now? Not at the level we need it. He might do a 4.50 ERA with some gems and stinkners thrown in. But I am concerned. When Glavine and Pedro were doing great, that's one thing. Right now, the entire rotation is inconsistent. Soler threw '94mph' when they first signed him. Hopefully Pelfrey reall does throw 94/95 and touches 97.
Pelfrey supposidly goes after it with hard stuff. Partially why I think he is good now for the Mets. Adds a dimension. Ideally you don't use him until 2008 and let him work it out, but the Mets don't have many choices and need to see if they can catch lightning in a bottle in 2006 with him.
Kazmir was much more advanced! He was in the bigs already.
I agree Paladin. I thought the Mets fixed that with El Duque and Soler...being able to provide solid outings, but The Duque is streaky and Soler is a nibbler. He's dead to me.
Soler is a hot head sometimes and a scared child other times.
2:13 PM
The Mets home page has an article up about potentially DL-ing Pedro and calling up Pelfrey.
Seems like Omar and Co. are considering it.
2:18 PM
One thing I'm not clear on - is Soler done for good now? Has the dark cloud passed? Seems like he went down with little to no fanfare.
If it's me, this weekend I would give starts to Oliver, Heilman and Pelfrey. Let Petey rest up during the break. And to hell with Maine and Lima.
2:32 PM
Toasty...I like it. Except I'd use Main on one of the games on Saturday and keep Oliver in the bullpen. I'm not ready to send him to hell yet.
They'll let every know. Oh, they will. They know they will sell oodles of tickets.
Paladin, his innings are no longer that tough to replace. He has not been lights out like the 2nd half of 2005, though good. I think Bell and Owens can do a reasonable job picking up those innings. Heilman is worth a shot. I still think he should be first before Pelfrey comes up. We know the Mets eventually have a starter in Pelfrey, but I'd like to see what Heilman can do with his new arm slot and an extended look in the rotation.
2:55 PM
Oh, Mike - a new nickname has emerged (from my brain) which you may have missed while you were away. Coming to a theater nrear you this summer: Jose Reyes IS...Flamenco. I'm determined to make this name stick.
3:01 PM
I like it. I still have to find the time to go back and compile the old list and read through the next few days of comments. Sounds like a lot of work actually.
3:47 PM
...too much work in fact...
3:47 PM
Well, I've put a sidebar on my blog that should help you. I doubt I caught them all, though.
3:50 PM
That is perfect...I still like Monday for Zambrano...you've given me the drive to go back through the comments.
4:21 PM
Nice to see the Marlins are stretching out their bullpen before the weekend. They are now into the bottom of the 11th, tied at 7 with the Nats. This is the 6th inning of work for their relievers. Lets see if they can go 14 or 15 innings!
5:11 PM
Crap, game over. Nats win 8-7 in 11. I was hoping Borowski would have to throw a couple of innings.
5:19 PM
The papers are all talking that Pedro will be working out this afternoon and will determine then if he will be able to start this weekend. My guess is he probably will not go. The talk is if Oliver is not needed out of the pen he goes Friday, if not ready than Lima Friday, Maine Saturday one game, Pelfrey the other.
My feeling is Pelfrey should go Friday since he last pitched Saturday which would put his next scheduled start today, tomorrow would only be 1 day off schedule not two. Let Oliver and Maine go Saturday. I guess Willie is afraid of getting swept in a double-header.
I was disappointed to see Everyday Eddie Gurdado go to Cincy. I would like to have him in the Mets pen and Heilman in the rotation.
adam
5:59 PM
Pelfrey's been called up - Sat is the projected start. I am going on Sat. Hooray!!
8:05 PM
Wrong coop. Pelfrey has not been called up yet. Mr Henry Owens has been called up. I assume he'll stick around until Friday, then be replaced by Pelfrey.
See the last sentence:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060706&content_id=1543094&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
8:58 PM
Owens!!! Let him pitch damn it!
How about, the send Lima down when they bring up Pelfrey and everything looks rosey....
10:02 PM
Of course, I have to miss the start and DVR it because I promised by my girlfriend I would take her to get a car. Pelfrey's first start and the World Cup runner up game....why must I be tortured? WHY????
10:04 PM
JohnF - I shoulda posted the link, b.c it was up before! :-) I did see they called up Owens, but at the doubleheader Sat, Pelfrey and Maine are scheduled to start - here it is
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060706&content_id=1543094&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym
10:15 PM
Actually apparently due to a little roster blunder, heath bell can't be recalled right away so it seems the mets WILL be calling up Henry Owens. Heath Bell should be back up by the end of the month however.
"The Mets intended to recall Heath Bell from Triple-A to replace Pedro Martinez on the roster today, but since they wanted to backdate Martinez to June 29, they couldn't.
Henry Owens was recalled instead. Bell was sent down on Tuesday, so the Mets couldn't have placed Martinez on the DL retroactively to last week and still had Bell eligible to be recalled. Bell should return to the majors later this month. "
-Brian B
12:13 AM
I like what the Mets are doing with their staff (i.e. DL'ing Pedro, giving Pelfrey a shot, possibly seeing what Owens can do) but this team is reminding me more and more of the 2004 Cardinals; what appears to be a solid team, with very suspect starting pitching that will get exposed in either the Playoffs or World Series. Don't get me wrong, I would probably sign up for a World Series appearance right now, but in order to win the whole shebang either Pelfrey is going to have to be Doc circa 1986, or some other arms will need to be acquired.
10:09 AM
This does seem a bit like bad timing. The Marlins are playing some good ball, and I can see Lima, Maine & Pelfry handing off to the bullpen very early. I'd rather see Pelfry throw tonight; it's likey to be a closer game and we could see how he responds. Also, with two games tomorrow, you could leave Lima in there for seven innings while the fish tee off. Who cares if Lima has to leave his ulnar collateral ligament and rotator cuff on the mound when he's done? Save those bullpen arms!
11:34 AM
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