Tom Brennan - HEFTY JURADO

I have to confess that as a myopic Mets fan, I had never seen Ariel Jurado pitch.

Frankly, before this year, I'd never heard of him.  Myopia Man, that's me.

So, I get home, and it's pre-game, and I see this guy with goggles in the pen loosening up - and I think, "uh oh, this guy is our starter tonight?"

I see a young guy with a pot belly and I think, "you're a young athlete, dude, what's with the pouch?"

I think immediately, "I wonder if there is a correlation between carrying excess weight and a lack of intensity towards his pitching craft?"

Then I watch the first inning - missing the plate, getting rocked - and I think, hmm, may be something to that theory.  Remarkably, he walked no one - but those 9 hits in 4 innings ain't too spiffy.  Bringing his career totals to 223 hits in 181 innings.  

Is it just me, or are the Mets starting to collect "a HR allowed every six innings, career" sorts of "pitchers"?

If I had to guess, he looks like a guy with a 5.97 ERA - wow, I guessed right.

He ain't "Bartolo Colon Hefty," that much is clear.

Would have liked seeing Kevin Smith take that start instead.

Then, Franklyn Kilome comes in, and he seems like the type of pitcher who is almost very good, but his Italian chef tendencies are too strong - he just serves up too many meatballs.

His ability to stop serving up meatballs will determine if he has a long, successful career, or a short unsuccessful one.

Meanwhile, looks like the McNeil swoon is over, but Pete Alonso's miserable summer continues.  The big guy is coming up mighty small in 2020.  Maybe when Todd comes back, he can DH for a week, and Luis Guillorme (hitting 200 points higher than Pete) can be in the line up instead.  

Just a thought.  You may say to me, "you can't be serious."  I will say to you, "yes, I am serious."

This team finds losing games all too easy, if you ask me.