Man, as the calendar switched from January to February 1st, I dunno about you, but I was excited about our pitchers.
I thought Max and Justin would dazzle.
I expected Edwin Diaz to repeat as Reliever of the Year.
I expected Carrasco to win 12-14 games.
I thought the Ghost would rock the baseball world.
I thought Jose Quintana, backed by a solid offense and fine pen, would win 12-14 games also.
I thought Megill and Peterson would slug it out as two heavyweights.
I thought Bryce Montes de Oca would quiet the naysayers and be a bullpen animal.
Instead, thru the first 3rd of the season:
Edwin took 2023 off. So has Montes de Oca. So far, so has Quintana.
Max and Justin have just 71 combined innings and 6 combined wins.
Carrasco just won his first game.
The Ghost has floated into bases on balls far too often in an otherwise decent season start.
Megill may be 5-3, but his 1.59 WHIP smells a lot like late stage Mike Pelfrey.
Peterson has an 8.08 ERA in 8 starts (Crazy 8s) and a 1-6 record. And some really nice digs in Syracuse, where he has been passable but wild.
I never expected the Mets starters to have a combined 5.13 ERA.
I figured somewhere between 3 and 4 runs per 9.
Meanwhile, Eric Orze was a guy who I thought would be in the Mets pen by now - not having a 7.71 ERA and a 1.71 WHIP in Syracuse.
And I thought two possible Mets pen guys from AAA by mid-season might be Tony Dibrell and Dedniel Nunez. Instead the duo in Syracuse have walked 39 in 42 innings chock-filled with 42 runs, mostly on the scorecard of Tony the Tiger, not from 15 walks in 13 innings Dedniel. Tigers are an endangered species.
I also thought Jose Butto would do all right, not have 6 AAA starts and a bloated 7.30 ERA, getting his Butto kicked way too often.
Joey Lucchesi has done OK for the Mets and is 3-0, 1.95 in Syracuse, so at least I was right about him.
I was so wrong on so much. Heck, I thought Matt Allan might pitch in the minors this year. Boy, was I deluded. Calvin Ziegler would be a rising stud. instead of zero 2023 innings.
And my "wrong" was Bad Wrong, not Good Wrong, unfortunately.
I wish I could have said, "gee, I was expecting the starters to have a 5.13 ERA the first 3rd of the season, but got a 3.00 instead!"
Question:
Can Francisco Alvarez pitch, too?
He can be our Shohei.
6 comments:
Maybe you should make NEGATIVE projections, so all your surprises will be pleasant ones. 😁
right now...
Alvy has 6-drs
that ties him for 9th...
IN THE LEAGUE
Alvarez is a beast. As with Cespedes in 2015, beasts can turn tides.
Bill, I agree with going negative. My brother always urges pessimism. He is usually right.
You’re a homer,a bigger homer than Gary.
If I’m alive by then we can hoist a beer at his Cooperstown ceremony.
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