If the Mets can get some quality prospects for Pelfrey, they should trade him.
Showing posts with label Mike Pelfrey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Pelfrey. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Time to Trade Pelfrey?
If the Mets can get some quality prospects for Pelfrey, they should trade him.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thoughts after last night's loss
Last night's Mets game revealed a significant flaw. The distance to the center field fence is too far. Beltran would have had a homer last night if the distance from home to center matched that of Shea. Further, I couldn't believe how far in the outfielders were from their respective fences (because the fences are so far out). Too far in, as Church's misplay revealed.
With regard to the Mets' starters, Pelfrey continues to be unimpressive. In his two innings he showed little movement on his pitches, plus he didn't mix up his pitches. He's lucky he didn't surrender more runs. Isn't anyone teaching him how to pitch?
Almost as bad was Pedro Feliciano, who balked home the winning run. Manuel should have left Brian Stokes in the game. On the plus side, Green, Putz, and Rodriguez pitched three innings of runless, hitless ball. Rodriguez, in particular, looks like a winner.
Finally, what was Wilpon thinking when he had a stadium built that can seat only 42,000 fans, 15,000 fewer than Shea could seat?
Good news: Billy Wagner threw 23 pitches off a mound yesterday, the first time he did that since last season.
Believe it or not: The Washington Nationals sent Lastings Milledge down to their Triple-A team. In 24 at bats he was hitting .167 with 10 strikeouts.
Interesting article about Fernando Martinez
With regard to the Mets' starters, Pelfrey continues to be unimpressive. In his two innings he showed little movement on his pitches, plus he didn't mix up his pitches. He's lucky he didn't surrender more runs. Isn't anyone teaching him how to pitch?
Almost as bad was Pedro Feliciano, who balked home the winning run. Manuel should have left Brian Stokes in the game. On the plus side, Green, Putz, and Rodriguez pitched three innings of runless, hitless ball. Rodriguez, in particular, looks like a winner.
Finally, what was Wilpon thinking when he had a stadium built that can seat only 42,000 fans, 15,000 fewer than Shea could seat?
Good news: Billy Wagner threw 23 pitches off a mound yesterday, the first time he did that since last season.
Believe it or not: The Washington Nationals sent Lastings Milledge down to their Triple-A team. In 24 at bats he was hitting .167 with 10 strikeouts.
Interesting article about Fernando Martinez
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Once again, Perez can't control his pitches
Two stats sum up Oliver Perez's performance today against the Tigers: in 3.2 innings, Perez threw 91 pitches. In his fewer than four innings of work, Perez gave up six hits, six walks, and five runs. Perez's performance follows Mike Pelfrey's poor performance on Tuesday. In that game, Pelfrey yielded 10 hits in 4.2 innings. He threw 84 pitches.
The best Met pitchers of the day were Bobby Parnell and Brian Stokes. They pitched the last three innings, giving up only one hit and no runs. Parnell's performance was particularly impressive. In his one inning, he threw five pitches, all strikes.
Pitching coach Dan Warthen has fewer than 11 days to ready the starters for Opening Day on April 13, the same day that the White House will be holding its annual Easter egg roll. If the starters aren't ready by then, maybe the team can entertain the fans by giving out Easter eggs as souveniers.
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Read a good writeup about Mets' prospects shortstop Wilmer Flores and third baseman Jefry Marte.
The best Met pitchers of the day were Bobby Parnell and Brian Stokes. They pitched the last three innings, giving up only one hit and no runs. Parnell's performance was particularly impressive. In his one inning, he threw five pitches, all strikes.
Pitching coach Dan Warthen has fewer than 11 days to ready the starters for Opening Day on April 13, the same day that the White House will be holding its annual Easter egg roll. If the starters aren't ready by then, maybe the team can entertain the fans by giving out Easter eggs as souveniers.
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Read a good writeup about Mets' prospects shortstop Wilmer Flores and third baseman Jefry Marte.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Pelfrey can't last five
As the 2009 season approaches, you like to see the starting pitchers increase the number of innings they pitch in each start. Unfortunately, yesterday Mike Pelfrey couldn't even complete the fifth inning. In his latest outing he surrendered 10 hits and six runs. The only Mets pitcher not to give up a run was Darren O'Day, who pitched the bottom of the eighth.
The Mets batters didn't do any better than Pelfrey. Whereas Pelfrey couldn't prevent the Astros from getting on base, the Mets batters could not get on base. They got only six hits, and no Met crossed the plate.
The Mets also just about guaranteed Livan Hernandez the fifth starter spot by sending Freddy Garcia down to their Minor League camp.
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The World Baseball Classic announced its all-star team. No Met made it. The only American to make it was Jimmy Rollins. And another player who made it was one the Mets could regret not signing: Pudge Rodriguez.
The Mets batters didn't do any better than Pelfrey. Whereas Pelfrey couldn't prevent the Astros from getting on base, the Mets batters could not get on base. They got only six hits, and no Met crossed the plate.
The Mets also just about guaranteed Livan Hernandez the fifth starter spot by sending Freddy Garcia down to their Minor League camp.
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The World Baseball Classic announced its all-star team. No Met made it. The only American to make it was Jimmy Rollins. And another player who made it was one the Mets could regret not signing: Pudge Rodriguez.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Mets catching needs upgrade
Now that Mets catcher Brian Schneider is out awhile with a calf strain, the Mets available catchers are Ramon Castro, Robinson Cancel, and Rene Rivera. Minaya may regret not trying to sign Pudge Rodriguez.
In yesterday's game, Castro and Cancel shared the catching duties. Together, they got one hit, a single. For the Spring, Castro is hitting .200 and Cancel is batting .167. Maybe Minaya can trade both of them for Jesus Flores.
Schneider is hitting .308. But his career average is .253. And in nine seasons, he's hit a total of 56 homers, about six per season. He's not the power-hitting catcher the Mets need behind the plate.
On the plus side, Nick Evans had two doubles and a home run and four Mets pitchers surrendered just one run. Pelfrey yielded the run, and only three hits, in six innings. However, before I start singing Pelfrey's praises, I want to see how well he pitches in his next few starts.
In yesterday's game, Castro and Cancel shared the catching duties. Together, they got one hit, a single. For the Spring, Castro is hitting .200 and Cancel is batting .167. Maybe Minaya can trade both of them for Jesus Flores.
Schneider is hitting .308. But his career average is .253. And in nine seasons, he's hit a total of 56 homers, about six per season. He's not the power-hitting catcher the Mets need behind the plate.
On the plus side, Nick Evans had two doubles and a home run and four Mets pitchers surrendered just one run. Pelfrey yielded the run, and only three hits, in six innings. However, before I start singing Pelfrey's praises, I want to see how well he pitches in his next few starts.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Gnats walk all over Pelfrey
In one of the biggest games of the season, the Mets started a 23-year-old rookie right-hander who's lost more than twice as many as he's won, Mike Pelfrey.
When I read that Pelfrey would start, I was suspicious. Though he hasn't had a winning rookie season, he's done fairly well against the Nats. But to throw him into the fire in the heat of the pennant race points to the weakness in the Mets starting rotation, a weakness strengthened by El Duque's difficulties in recovering from a bunion that's sidelined him for more than 10 days and caused his right foot to be placed in a boot.
Usually, doctors boot a foot that's broken. But a bunion?
But that's what happens when a team overloads a roster with players aged 40 and above. This season the Mets have had more 40+ players on their roster than any team in major league history. That doesn't mean that a player in his forties can't play; but, as Hernandez and Alou have shown, they do break down more often and take longer to recover.
Age, however, didn't cause yesterday's loss. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey's only 23.
Pelfrey faced a Nats team that wanted to win more than the Mets did. In the previous three-game series against the Nationals last week in Washington, the Mets struggled to win one game.
What probably motivated the Mets' powers-that-be to start Pelfrey was that, after losing his first seven decisions, he pitched better in his last three. He won all three with a 3.31 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 16.1 innings. He also was the pitcher of record in the Mets only victory against the Nats last week in which he allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings.
Nine hits. Five innings. Pennant race. Those numbers don't work well together.
Yesterday was Pelfrey's third home start against the Nats. And until yesterday, he hadn't lost to the Nats.
In his first home start against the Nats, which should be spelled Gnats given how they've been playing lately against the Mets, on April 13, a Friday, the Mets beat them 3-2. Though Pelfrey didn't pick up the win, in 5.2 innings he limited them to six hits and two runs. On the negative side, he walked four Nats and threw 97 pitches. When he was pulled from the game in the sixth, the Mets were down 2-1.
In his second home start against the Nats on July 28, a game the Mets lost 6-5, Pelfrey pitched well enough to win and didn't get the loss. In six innings he gave up eight hits, only one walk, and three runs. However, he threw 104 pitches. When Easley pinch-hit for him to start the bottom of the sixth, the Mets were down 3-0; however, they tied the game on Delgado's two-run home run.
Thus, in his first two starts against the Nats, both at Shea, Pelfrey limited them to five runs and 14 hits in 11-2/3 innings.
Yesterday, however, was his unlucky day. Not only was it his first loss to the Nats, they also scored 13 runs. Pelfrey pitched for just five-plus innings and only gave up five hits, but he also walked five batters. Did the tension of starting in such a pressure game get to him? Seven runs crossed the plate during his time on the mound.
The fifth inning was Pelfrey's worst. After walking two batters, Austin Kearns clobbered Pelfrey's fourth pitch for a three-run homer. Manager Willie Randolph's explanation of Pelfrey's fifth-inning meltdown: “All of a sudden he lost his concentration or something, and it got ugly fast.”
The Nats scored the final six runs in the last two innings off Guillermo Mota and Dave Williams. In Mota's inning of work, he surrendered three runs on three hits and a walk. Not quality pitching. In Williams' solo inning, he gave up three runs on two hits, including a home run, and a walk. However, the bullpen can't be blamed for the loss. Even if the four relievers the Mets used in yesterday's game had held the Nats scoreless in their 3.1 innings of work, the Mets would still have lost 7-4.
Hitting-wise, Jose Reyes failed to get even one hit as his batting average slid to .285. David Wright led the Mets minimal "hit parade" by going 3-for-5; however, none of his hits produced any runs. The Mets left 11 runners on base, four more than the Nats did.
Moises Alou did extend his Met-record-breaking hitting streak to 28, but was only 1-for-5. Before yesterday's game, Alou had been particularly effective against Nats starter Matt Chico. He was 5-for-8 with a home run. But even he couldn't solve Chico last night.
With six games remaining in the regular season, the Mets' lead is down to two. Tagamet sales must be booming.
When I read that Pelfrey would start, I was suspicious. Though he hasn't had a winning rookie season, he's done fairly well against the Nats. But to throw him into the fire in the heat of the pennant race points to the weakness in the Mets starting rotation, a weakness strengthened by El Duque's difficulties in recovering from a bunion that's sidelined him for more than 10 days and caused his right foot to be placed in a boot.
Usually, doctors boot a foot that's broken. But a bunion?
But that's what happens when a team overloads a roster with players aged 40 and above. This season the Mets have had more 40+ players on their roster than any team in major league history. That doesn't mean that a player in his forties can't play; but, as Hernandez and Alou have shown, they do break down more often and take longer to recover.
Age, however, didn't cause yesterday's loss. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey's only 23.
Pelfrey faced a Nats team that wanted to win more than the Mets did. In the previous three-game series against the Nationals last week in Washington, the Mets struggled to win one game.
What probably motivated the Mets' powers-that-be to start Pelfrey was that, after losing his first seven decisions, he pitched better in his last three. He won all three with a 3.31 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 16.1 innings. He also was the pitcher of record in the Mets only victory against the Nats last week in which he allowed three runs and nine hits in five innings.
Nine hits. Five innings. Pennant race. Those numbers don't work well together.
Yesterday was Pelfrey's third home start against the Nats. And until yesterday, he hadn't lost to the Nats.
In his first home start against the Nats, which should be spelled Gnats given how they've been playing lately against the Mets, on April 13, a Friday, the Mets beat them 3-2. Though Pelfrey didn't pick up the win, in 5.2 innings he limited them to six hits and two runs. On the negative side, he walked four Nats and threw 97 pitches. When he was pulled from the game in the sixth, the Mets were down 2-1.
In his second home start against the Nats on July 28, a game the Mets lost 6-5, Pelfrey pitched well enough to win and didn't get the loss. In six innings he gave up eight hits, only one walk, and three runs. However, he threw 104 pitches. When Easley pinch-hit for him to start the bottom of the sixth, the Mets were down 3-0; however, they tied the game on Delgado's two-run home run.
Thus, in his first two starts against the Nats, both at Shea, Pelfrey limited them to five runs and 14 hits in 11-2/3 innings.
Yesterday, however, was his unlucky day. Not only was it his first loss to the Nats, they also scored 13 runs. Pelfrey pitched for just five-plus innings and only gave up five hits, but he also walked five batters. Did the tension of starting in such a pressure game get to him? Seven runs crossed the plate during his time on the mound.
The fifth inning was Pelfrey's worst. After walking two batters, Austin Kearns clobbered Pelfrey's fourth pitch for a three-run homer. Manager Willie Randolph's explanation of Pelfrey's fifth-inning meltdown: “All of a sudden he lost his concentration or something, and it got ugly fast.”
The Nats scored the final six runs in the last two innings off Guillermo Mota and Dave Williams. In Mota's inning of work, he surrendered three runs on three hits and a walk. Not quality pitching. In Williams' solo inning, he gave up three runs on two hits, including a home run, and a walk. However, the bullpen can't be blamed for the loss. Even if the four relievers the Mets used in yesterday's game had held the Nats scoreless in their 3.1 innings of work, the Mets would still have lost 7-4.
Hitting-wise, Jose Reyes failed to get even one hit as his batting average slid to .285. David Wright led the Mets minimal "hit parade" by going 3-for-5; however, none of his hits produced any runs. The Mets left 11 runners on base, four more than the Nats did.
Moises Alou did extend his Met-record-breaking hitting streak to 28, but was only 1-for-5. Before yesterday's game, Alou had been particularly effective against Nats starter Matt Chico. He was 5-for-8 with a home run. But even he couldn't solve Chico last night.
With six games remaining in the regular season, the Mets' lead is down to two. Tagamet sales must be booming.
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