GOINGS-ON IN THE HOUSE OF DAVID
Well, ready or not, here comes Frankie!
Frankie Montas has been gosh-awful in his rehab outings, so now he gets to face the Braves.
We got ‘em right where we want ‘em.
So how do you, dear reader, think it will go?
Then, we saw this on MLB on Saturday about Sean Manaea’s Friday rehab gem:
“Manaea threw 5 1/3 effective innings in his latest rehab outing in AAA, striking out seven. After allowing two hits and a run in his first inning, Manaea retired 15 consecutive batters.
“Most importantly, Manaea stretched out to 62 pitches in the outing. He will likely need one more Minor League rehab start to extend into the 75-plus pitch range, after which the Mets will consider activating him. That would put Manaea’s return in the first week of July.”
My thoughts?
With Senga and Megill out and Paul Blackburn spending too much time on the mound making it look like a tattoo parlor, why not just put Manaea out there for 4-5 innings in Queens on Wednesday? You know….Build up your pitch count in the actual place they are paying you $25 million a year to pitch?
So, what would you, dear reader, recommend?
Slow and steady - hey, what’s the rush?
Or actually start to earn your prodigious paycheck?
I wonder what Tom Seaver would do?
UNLUCKY WITH RISP
The Mets lack of success with runners in scoring position has been well chronicled. But Joel Sherman wrote that the Mets’ BABIP with runners in scoring position is a very low .236, despite having the third highest exit velocities of any team in that situation. Sounds really unlucky to me.
Sounds like it could change for the better at any moment.
When you, though, hit 7 balls over the wall as they did on Sunday, BABIP is a non-issue.
Sounds like a grand idea. ;and no more pride nights
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, Montas scares the crap out of me. Probably can't be much worse than Blackburn.
ReplyDeleteAs for Manaea, he'll be up in 10 days. Both on pitch counts...yeesh.
The Mets don't operate this way. Other teams don't either. Rush the rehabbing and cause new problems which will lead to new complaints by fans and writers
ReplyDeleteVito. Give McClean a start. And give Tong a start. Blackburn and Montas audition in the BP.
ReplyDeleteVito, works for me.
DeleteWhat we are seeing now with regard to Mets starting pitching is no surprise ..... frankly I was expecting this from the start and am amazed at what we got in April/May ..... Bullpen is back to being the Arson Squad which is a direct result of starters going 5 innings night after night. IMO, Manaea's next start should be vs. the Braves rather than another minors rehab ..... I would prefer 75 pitches against the Braves than another start from a fill-in scrub.
ReplyDeleteRon, you and agree on Manaea next start being vs.Braves.
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