The Mets released pitchers Kyle Allen and Jared West.
Fangraph Top 10 2013 Predictions – link - 9. Matt Harvey will be a top-20 NL starter. It’s probably
not all that bold to be high on Harvey, but think about all the shiny names in
the National League, from Clayton Kershaw to Stephen Strasburg to Zack Greinke
to Kris Medlen to Lee to Cole Hamels to Madison Bumgarner to Matt Cain to
Johnny Cueto, and so on. That’s just a brief listing off the top of my head,
and it’s stiff competition. Harvey’s brief MLB debut last season just couldn’t
have gone any better, continuing the big strikeout numbers he’d had in the
minors, and while the lousy Mets squad could limit his wins, he’s the real deal
— and he’s ready now.
The baseball
world is climbing on here…
Dan Schlossberg –
“When the Mets acquired Johan Santana from
Minnesota, critics contended the two-time Cy Young Award winner was an accident
waiting to happen because of his unorthodox delivery. They were right: the
veteran lefty missed all of 2011 and now will miss all of 2013, effectively
ending his career -- at least with the Mets but probably with anyone. Is
Santana concerned? Probably not, since he has a guaranteed contract that pays
him $25 million a year. The only worse investment the Wilpons made was named Bernie Madoff”
I’m not normally
one to defend Santana, but I will say one thing about his trade and the signing
of Pedro Martinez,
another money flop at the end… no one bitched when either of these guys were
signed.
Now here’s an arm Dan Warthan would love…
Now meet the next Japanese
high school pitching phenom: Tomohiro Anraku. You
won’t see Anraku pitching in a professional game next year. Or the year after
that. That’s because Anraku is a 16-year-old sophomore righthander at Saibi
High in Ehime Prefecture, with a fastball that already touches 94 mph and
potential that could make him a millionaire if he were to sign as an
international free agent. Pitching on Tuesday in “Spring Koshien,” Japan’s
major spring national high school invitational tournament, Anraku made a name
for himself with his talent and his pitch count, throwing
232 pitches in a 13-inning complete game. Anraku allowed three runs in
Saibi’s 4-3 win, struck out 13, walked five and surrendered 10 hits link
Michael Scannell to me -
I just read where he wants surgery and still
wants to play some more....
Whaddya think?
2014
SP1 Harvey
SP2 Wheeler
SP3 Niese
SP4 FA placeholder (Syndergaard in Sept)
SP5 Santana
Bring him back cheap and let him be the vet to
help the youngsters.
Michael
– I “think” that Sandy Alderson and Johan Santana will never even stand in the same room
again at the same time.
Deadspin on Johan Santana - link
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