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Sorry Mets fans but you don't have enough starting pitching.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyRedStorm
Be honest Mez, how confident are you in this rotation? Because I have very little confidence. I think the biggest mistake we could do would be not going after a quasi big name pitcher at the deadline. I donn't mean a Doc Halladay, but somebody that can consistently get the job done.
Originally Posted by airmaxpenny1
I'm all for bringing Pedro back. Just his presence in the clubhouse changes this team. The chemistry right now is just awful.
"I was looking at the ball running to home plate and when I looked at [Yadier] Molina, I was just right there," Beltran said. "If I slide right there, I probably could have got hurt and I just didn't react to that."
Beltran saw the ball go away, ran to home without even looking, thought he could just walk home but got exposed by Molina, and his ego won't let him admitto his mistakes.....softee move right there.
That's been the case the past few seasons, but with all that said if the Mets don't get solid pitching performances from Maine/Ollie then they are introuble. Its unfair to put Livan in this situation today. Another pitcher is needed by the deadline and all these"soft" issues wouldn't be a problem, but hope Pelf can come back from the injury and be effective.
We will learn a lot about the Mets after today despite a win/loss, when they play the Nats (who they need to sweepthey are pathetic), and the Marlins at home.
New Lineup (Wright demoted): 2006 lineup
Reyes
Murphy
Beltran
Delgado
Wright
Church
Castro
Castillo
Now all jerry needs to do is put Castillo 2nd, Church 6th, and Murphy 7th, and that will be out best lineup by far.
Today's Lineup:
Reyes, ss
Cora, 2b
Beltran, cf
Delgado, 1b
Wright, 3b
Sheffield, lf
Church, rf
Santos, c
Hernandez, rhp
Originally Posted by Mez 0ne
^ But he always had the tools to be a great pitcher, he was a high draft choice for a reason. He was pretty much a prospect trying to figure things out, that was delayed due to the mismanagement on the Mets part (what else is new). He finally figured it out despite using only 2 pitches....shoot there have been many great pitchers who used only 2 pitches (4 seamer and cutter).
I'm not saying Pelf will be great but he is a guy that throws strikes and challenges guys, not many young pitchers do that nowadays. Once he's healthy we'll have a very good 1-2 and we just have to hope for the best with Maine and Ollie. I think Livan will be solid all year, 4ERA is very likely.
Baseball is a sport on pitching, we can complain about the lack of clutch hits from this team b/c that's nothing new for the past 3 years (although the 2nd half of last year they were GREAT), but if we get great starting pitching this team will be a force. Big IF though, but its only the start of week 3, who knows this team can get things going next month.