Justin Garza
31/years
old
8th
round 2015 draft by Cleveland, out of Bonita HS (CA)
MLB experience: 2021/Cleveland: 4.71-ERA 2023/Boston:
7.36-ERA
2025 – has
pitched exclusively for Giants AAA/Sacramento – 6.11-ERA, 1.15-WHIP
20:6 K-BB
rate (10.2 K/9, 3.06 BB/9) – 6 saves
Expected
to serve as pitching depth for Mets
Struggles
with consistency at the major league level
Mack –
Like the Mets need more pitchers that flop in the majors
Julian Merryweather
33/years
old
5th
round 2014 draft by Cleveland, out of Oklahoma Baptist Univ. (OK)
Another
attempt by the Mets to strengthen their pitching depth
2025/Cubs –
18.2-IP, 5.79-ERA, 7.23 K/9, 5.30 BB/9
Average
fastball velocity – 96, T-99, 102 in the past
Compliments
fastball with slider and changeup
Control
issues – injuries a recurring issue
Mack
– like Garza, I have nothing else to add here…
7 comments:
Seems like we take a flier on pitchers that may only be one tweak away from controlling their stuff. If they don't work out, the price is minimal and for the one that does, the return is fantastic.
I wish they would give the same consideration to offensive players since pitching is not the 2025 problem.
I agree with Reese
We’ve got a pitcher surplus. A big pitcher surplus. Could last for years.
Hay look at the Syracuse roster!
You never have to much pitching
How come the pitching lab hasn’t brought one prospect to the majors. Tidwell, Vasil, Sproat, Hamel, even Scott failed to succeed at AAA or get to the major leagues and succeed. I understand Stearns reluctance to sign an ace pitcher to a long term contract, but in the playoff you need top of the rotation talent to succeed. I hope I’m wrong but I just don’t see this team fairing well against a healthy Yamamoto, Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki, Kershaw and maybe Ohtani in the playoffs. It’s been over 10 years since the DeGrom”s, Wheeler’s, Harvey’s et al came out of our mouths not league system. Our top pitching prospects hit a brick wall in AAA and fall down the top prospect list. How come this wonderful pitching labs only works on over 30 mediocre major league pitchers and not on hard throwing young pitchers like Sproat, Tidwel and Hamel. We need a stopper, an ace that can go 6-7 inning every 5 days. We will not be facing the Rockies in the playoffs. Stearns has to do a better job at the trading deadline than last year. We need a #1 starter and a reliever to replace Minter. I want to believe Canning, Holmes, MeGill, Montas, and Manea will be pitching lights out in October, but my gut feeling is they are all 3,4 and 5 starters. Senga looks good but taxes your bullpen by going only 4-5 innings with a high pitch count. WE NEED AN ACE! and I would trade Sproat, McClean, Tong, Williams, Reimer and the entire minor league system for an ace pitcher to take us to the WS
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