1-11-12 - metsmerizedonline 44. Erik Goeddel (RHP) Goeddel just needs to pitch. He has
the arsenal, and the talent to pitch in the bigs, he just needs to show that
his arm can hold up to the rigors of a full season. He throws a low-90′s
fastball, a curve, slider, and a change-up. For Goeddel it’s all about
conditioning and stamina, and staying healthy. After he was drafted by the Mets
in the 22nd round of the 2010 draft, he only pitched one inning for the Mets
that summer before being shut down early with arm fatigue. 2011 was his first
full season in professional ball, but in May was diagnosed with a rotator cuff
strain and missed ten weeks while it healed completely. In a recent interview I
did with Erik, he said he is fully recovered from that injury and he hopes to
log at least 100 innings this year. That is a good target for him and if he can
reach 100 innings and add about 25 innings per season over the next two years,
he will be able to remain a starter. If the workload again proves to be too
much for him, he may be destined for the bullpen.
Just like Mets GM Sandy Alderson, Johan Santana knows he won’t have any answers about
how much his left arm has recovered from September, 2010 shoulder surgery until
spring training. “My arm will let me know how I feel,” Santana said. “Time will
tell. We’ll see how it feels. I cannot tell you what’s gonna happen 5-6 weeks
from now.” As of Thursday, when Santana spoke on a conference call after
long-tossing in Port St. Lucie, the lefty said his arm felt good and he
expected to be ready for the start of spring training next month, but has
learned after numerous setbacks not to make any predictions. http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/metsblog/mets_santana_progressing_but_weary_a7V1SSDXyr0ahgKY5mfDbJ#ixzz1jHGaggKG
Future Shock: It would be a developmental disaster,
IMHO, to push any of the prospects before their time, but perhaps Kirk
Nieuwenhuis goes north as the 5th outfielder and someone like Robert Carson or
Josh Edgin get the last bullpen spot. The Mets most likely plan to market the
Harveys, Wheelers, etc. heavily in the coming months and it might be tempting
to use one or more of these guys as teasers for the steady stream of good young
players that they hope will soon follow. I don’t think that either Terry
Collins or Sandy Alderson are in danger of losing their jobs, so they don’t
have to promote any of these guys early to save their skins, a la Omar and
Jerry with Jenrry Mejia. While I am intrigued by some of the Mets prospects, I
really don’t want to see any of here until this September at the earliest. http://www.metstoday.com/7367/11-12-offseason/i%e2%80%99ve-got-23%e2%80%a6/
So what will $90 million buy the Mets in 2012? With
the aid of a shortened outfield, the Mets will without a doubt outscore some
much higher payrolls. The unfortunate part of that equation is that the
pitching staff..which will bear the majority of the burden for the franchise's
new thrifty approach, will give up far more runs that its offense can overcome.
Ultimately, Fred Wilpon's new $90 million dollar New York Mets will find
themselves lucky to win 70 games next season. And to be perfectly honest...if the
Mets only forfeit seven wins off last year's total in the process of shedding
nearly $50 million dollars in payroll...we should consider ourselves lucky as
well. http://networkedblogs.com/sEttY
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