I May Be Wrong, But… thoughts on Saturday
1. Ike Davis (.258, HR) and Lucas Duda (.321, HR) seem to be just about season ready.
2. Jordany Valdespin (.324) continues to prove he just may be ready to play at this level.
3. Mike Baxter (.361) looks to have beaten out Adam “I Got It!” Leuwen for the LHH outfielder.
4. Bobby Parnell (0.00) is showing the critics that he shouldn’t be sent down.
5. Josh Edgin (0.00) just doesn’t give up runs.
6. The infield defense (two more errors today) remains a critical concern.
7. Jason Bay has become an embarrassment.
8. Mike Pelfrey should be released and the money should be sent to the Teamsters
It wouldn't surprise me to see David Wright held back when the Mets break camp, and the starting lineup include Daniel Murphy at 3B and Valdespin on second
I also believe that Chris Schwinden is a lock to break camp. They may tell you he's going to be a long man, but, in my book, he's an SP5 in waiting
Lastly, don't be surprised if Pelfrey goes on the IR with some mysterious elbow problem.
5 comments:
Oh, boy........I would LOVE to see anyone else (OK, maybe not anyone, but most anyone) step up and take Pelfrey's rotation spot.
I am a bit rough on ol' Mike, but how much more do the Mets' decision makers need to see?
Oh, and Matt Harvey will be a beast someday soon, but he is NOT ready yet, IMO.
Agree with you Mack on Pelfrey being on the DL with a "dead arm" or something weird like that. IMO this is what we're looking at for Opening Day
C- Thole
1B- Davis
2B- Murphy
SS- Tejeda
3B- Wright
LF- Bay
CF- Den Dekker
RF- Duda
C- May
IF- Turner
IF- Cedeno
OF- Baxter
OF- Loewen
SP1- Dickey
SP2- Santana
SP3- Niese
SP4- Gee
SP5- Schwinden
CL- Francisco
SU- Rauch
SR- Ramirez
SR- Edgin
MR- Parnell
MR- Acosta
LR- Batista
I am still holding out hope that Nieuwenheis returns to camp this week and starts raking in Minors games and gets called up to start on Opening Day. Den Dekker is not ready offensively and "Spin" is not ready defensively for CF.
Also I dont think anyone is as high on Edgin as I am right now. I WANT him in the bullpen for us. He's flat out good. His Fastball/Slider combo are Major League Ready NOW and the ST numbers are showing that. Plus idk if anyone's watch him pitch on TV yet but its kinda hard to pick up the ball out of his hand with his delivery.
Re: Edgin... Byrdak should be back two weeks into season, thus, the promotion of Edgin looks like it will happen. He's not being looked at as a long term 2012 solution.
I think Rottino has a chance of sticking as a utility OF/C/1B
BTW - I have stood behind the catcher during warm-up session by Edgin. You are correct. You pick up the ball late.
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