The cure for when you consistently do something bad is to find something else to do that you do consistently good.
The Mets rotation woes continued the past two games, first with Oliver Perez's wildness, and then with Livan Hernandez's second blow-up in a row. Johan Santana is taking cortizone shots, Mike Pelfrey had a miserable outing last time out, John Maine is a ways off, and Fernando Nieve is on-again, of again.
If there's any chance to turn this season around, the first thing the Mets need is some consitently starting pitching and, almost strangly, they don't turn to Buffalo for easily, the most consistent pitcher in the system, Nelson Figueroa.
Yes, he was called up before, and then overreacted when he was sent down what seemed like a few minutes later. This was followed by a rant by his wife on her blog that went public. But, none of this should should matter on a team that is starting to give Washington a push for the Byrce Harper draft pick next year.
I've always been told that stats don't lie. Here are Figueroa's: 5-4, 2.50 in 14 starts. four wins in a row, only 19 earned runs in the last 47.1-IP.
You can't repair the dike until you plug the leak. I'm sure Nelly would do anything it took to take back his reaction to being a demoted by the Mets after a 4.50 ERA performance which the Mets would take in a heartbeat right now.
What he should never do is walk away from the professional way he has approached his job since that day. Yes folks, it's a job, and Figueroa has done his all season long.
It's Nelly-time.
2 comments:
It's John Niese time also, if Nieve can no longer get it done.
Figgy (I always thought this was his generally accepted nickname, not "Nelly") was not merely demoted during the incident which you mention in your article. He was released from the Mets organization, prompting his wife, not him, to understandably react strongly although her post was more a reaction of shock and dismay than one of scathing overreaction, as your article implies.
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