Boy, this is going to be a tough one...
Who is your all time Mets starters?
Some to consider...
Tom Seaver... Dwight Gooden... Jacob deGrom...
Jerry Koosman... Al Leiter... Sid Fernandez...
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Seaver, Gooden, Jake, Thor, Dickey, Koosman, Dickey, Cone, Pedro, and Santana, in that order. Maybe Rick Reed, too.
ReplyDeleteA great question would be favorite starter 1962-66. Just before Seaver arrived.
Oddly, I would have to rank Gooden ahead of Seaver for his earlier and more sober years. He lit up the ballpark in a way that Seaver didn't match. Seaver was classier but Gooden more electric. (I'd throw Sid Fernandez, George Stone and some others into Tom's list).
ReplyDeleteReese, agree on Sid Fernandez - he was excellent and would have excelled in the current bullpen-emphasized era.
ReplyDeletePre-Seaver it was slim pickings for sure. Al Jackson pitched well at times and Dennis Ribant had a good season in ‘66, then was traded to the Pirates as a reward. Larry Bearnarth pitched pretty well in relief in’66, too, but that’s relative. It was just pretty sad before Tom Terrific and Koosman came along.
ReplyDeleteTom Seaver is my pick. In this day when starting pitchers do not go a complete game. Tom had five on hit shutouts for the Mets and a no-hitter with Cincinnati.
ReplyDeleteI once sat behind home when Goodin pitched.
ReplyDeleteHis curve was like rolling a ball down the hood of a 1959 Chevy.
He gets my vote for his talent, not how he lived his life.
For his first couple of seasons, Doc Gooden may have been the most dominating pitcher I've ever seen, including Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson, but for a career, especially a Mets career, no one compares with Tom "terrific" Seaver.
ReplyDeleteHave to include Darling. I was at the clincher against Philadelphia in 1988, and he pitched a heck of a game.
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