Ernest Dove - Up comes d'Arnoud, down goes Mejia.

 

At this point, it's beginning to feel like the Baseball Gods have somthing going on with the New York Mets. For every prospect who now comes upon them, a veteran must fall.
All that talk about the Mets being short on hitting and long on Pitching. Well, No sooner then the TOP 2 hitting prospects make their way to City Field, two pitchers make their exit. So goes the season of the 2014 Mets.
Apparently, it was written in the stars that Santana would exit, Harvey would become an ace (and get the same low run support). Wheeler would come up, Shaun Marcum would go down. Lagares would come up, captain Kirk would be terrible. Eric Young Jr. would be a burst of energy. Duda would be terrible and get sent down.
Then our captain, hero, and franchise (Wright) goes down. So comes Wilmer Flores. Apparently, that wasn't enough with the universe, so they were nice enough to (finally) end Buck Baby Watch, and give us our new catcher........and all it cost us was a top pitching prospect (Mejia), who is actually younger then our new catcher.
I have to say, I'm extremely confused with this whole Mejia situation. Us Mets fans are still a little upset at Omar Minaya for, what some seemed to be perceived, as completely misusing and hurting Mejia's young career as a 20 year old flamethrower.
Fast forward 3 years. Mejia, coming off injury, does he rehab, pitches well, and makes his way back. Only problem is, word surfaces that Mejia will need surgery at the end of this season......on his ELBOW......his ELBOW.....call it what you want, bone spur, whatever. It's still an elbow injury. Yet there he was, on the mound, pitching for what he probably feels is one of his last chances at having a great career as a starter on the team that drafted him long ago. Call it the RG3 syndrome. Mejia, I'm sure, wanted to pitch through it. But it should not have been his decision. The organization should have made his decision for him as soon as knew about the dreaded bone spurs.
This is the same organization that kept Harvey, and Wheeler, in AAA longer then maybe they should have been, because they wanted to "bring them along slowly" and "make sure they were ready". Well, tell that to the 23 year old Mejia who probably wasn't ready to return at all this season to be begin with.
September 1st is quickly coming upon us. Usually, for a team like the Mets, this is the time to evaluate rookie call-ups, and get ready for next season. Only problem is, the Mets lost so many to injury (and lack of production), that we have seen everything they have to offer for the future. Oh, except for the 3 possible stud pitchers (Montero, Degrom and Syndergaard) who are being shut down, for their benefit, to ensure their future.
Meanwhile, the apparently always forgotten, overlooked, and overworked Mejia once again will be sitting home on rehab, instead of continuing to develop slowly.