Jenrry Mejia Makes LOUD Statement on Friday Night for the Mets.

Well, if you're gonna rant about your team, you gotta also praise your team when they 'done good'.
Friday night was all about Duda, and the electric young pitcher, Mejia. During the game, Gary Cohen reminded us all, early on, that Jenrry Mejia is actually still younger then Matt Harvey. And he's only about 6 months older that Zack Wheeler. Mejia then went on to look dominant. Nobody is perfect. Mejia had 5 walks. But the weather was terrible. It was his first start, and thankfully he was even rewarded with this start in the first place. Off season surgery, bunions, and not even getting hit in his forearm last week, or getting hit on Friday night by a comebacker towards his feet, stopped Mejia from being what he always wanted to be: A major league STARTING pitcher.

 What I saw tonight was not simply throwing heat. Mejia came out with a wicked breaking ball. Outside of a mistake pitch to Brandon Phillips, which EY Jr. saved a would be homer, and outside of one of those walks leading to a run, Mejia looked absolutely dominant. With all the talk of Harvey, Wheeler, Thor, Montero, and even the veteran signings of Dice K and Lankan, the one quiet constant, getting healthy, under the radar kid has been Mejia. And tonight, Mejia spoke loud and clear. Yes, he hasn't stayed healthy. Yes, he can't seem to break 100 innings in a season, due to injuries. And yes, the hype has dwindled since he came up as a wide eyed 20 year old. But, last time I checked, Mejia hasn't stopped doing what he does best, pitch.....and pitch well, when he has his chance.

 Time will tell what management wants to do with Mejia this year. What kind of innings limit may he be on. Due to some wildness, with those 5 walks, it led to throwing way too many pitchers. But even with that, 6 innings is still 6 innings. And even 6 innings at a time, can lead to hitting 150 innings quickly. So, what does management do? I say, keep Mejia in the SP5 slot, no matter what.

If any injuries occur to one of the top 4, then call up the hot shots, or call up Dice K to fill in. If there are any rain outs, or days off in a week, give somebody a spot start, and even let him skip a round in rotation, if all goes well and days off call for no need for an SP5 one week. One thing I don't want is for Mejia to ever go back to the bullpen. The kid is earning is place in the rotation. Not just this year, but in the years to come. I don't know what kind of trade value he has, especially with the injury history, but I say keep Mejia, and trade somebody else in the organization pitching depth. It's true that you can never have enough pitching. For me, it's also true that you can't beat actual MLB game experience. Prospects are prospects, up until they pitch, or hit, in a certain number of games. Right now, Mejia is a proven winner, when healthy. Now, I'm definitely not saying to trade Thor or Montero, if the right all star caliber hitter is made available, but Im humbly stating that maybe, just maybe, the team might consider somebody else, should the time come.