Here’s where we sit
right now.
The Mets have basically
thrown their hands up on developing Jeurys Familia into
a major league starter. Yes, he has two + pitches, but he can’t seem to get his
slider above the minimum of the zone. Opposing batters now know that and his
‘go-to” pitch with three balls results in too many walks. On the surface, he
looks “wild”, but it’s literally a matter of inches. Past that, his third pitch
(curve) just isn’t developing. Look for him to remain in the Buffalo rotation
through September if, for no other reason, he will get more pitches. There’s a
chance you will see him in the Queens pen in September, but nothing more.
Jenrry Mejia is also all over the place, but he
actually seems to pitch better in Flushing than Buffalo. He’s also closer than
Familia. Don’t debate this: Mejia is a future member of the Mets pen, period. I
think he’s be there before the Buffalo season ends, but, at worse, you will see
him next to the chop shops in September.
Matt Harvey and Zack
Wheeler are kewl. Wheeler is currently one of the top five pitchers in
minor league baseball and Harvey had his best AAA outing ever last night. You
will see Harvey start a game in Queens before the season ends unless Chris
Young and Dillon Gee go lights out. Even then, he’s get a few spot
starts in September at worse. Wheeler won’t be pushed and may finish the season
in Binghamton. Then again, he seems ready for Buffalo. He too could be called
up in September, but he’s lower in the pecking order.
Beyond that, it’s all
steak knives.
My ‘short list’ of
potential major league starters are Harvey, Wheeler, Michael
Fulmer, Marcos Camarena, Domingo Tapia, Luis Mateo, Rainy Lara, Juan Urbina, and
Akeel Morris.
My ‘short list’ of
potential major league relief pitchers are Josh Edgin,
Pedro Beato, Elvin Ramirez, Jack Leathersich, Adrian Rosario, and Adam Kolarek.
Everone else is either
trade bait, in development, AAAA pitcher, orassistant coaches in some college.
But, that’s just me.
Mack
3 comments:
There IS an interesting young man in Savannah, someone who YOU scooped the world on, with very interesting tools and a name that rhymes with rake de broom...
Hahahahahaha
DeGrom is one of the guys I have on my "developmental" list.
He throws 94 like one million other people. The good news for him is he's throwing to people that would swing at a gay night at the ole USO...
By the way, I hope you enjoyed the four LAD-Mets games you attended. Shame you couldn't find time for one sentence on the blog.
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