Two pitchers in the New York Mets organization, one nearing the end of his playing career, the other nearing completion of his first full season, led their teams to victory yesterday with similar performances.
At Shea, Tom Glavine showed that at age 41 he's still "master of the mound." Even if he were 20 years younger he couldn't have pitched much better than he did in an afternoon game against the Astros. He had a perfect game for five innings and ended his day pitching seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball. Of his 86 pitches, 54 (63%) were strikes. It was his 22nd quality start in 30 starts (73%).
Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner clinched the victory for Glavine, each pitching an inning of relief.
In Nashville, in the first round of the PCL playoffs, New Orleans starter Kevin Mulvey, age 22, pitched seven innings of shutout ball. He gave up four singles. And though he threw 88 pitches (57 were strikes), he didn't walk a batter.
Carlos Muniz, who was Mulvey's teammate at Double-A Binghamton for most of this season, pitched the final two innings. He did even batter, retiring all six batters he faced on three fly outs, a groundout, and a strikeout. Neither pitcher has yet to give up a run in Triple-A.
The Zephyrs victory clinched a spot for them in the second round of the PCL playoffs.
Though Glavine's name will likely be on the Mets roster for another year, at most, Mulvey's name should be on it for many years to come.
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Monday, September 3, 2007
Three pitchers, three wins, one loss
Three pitchers with ties to the New York Mets excelled over the weekend. One's on the Mets roster, one's on the Mets Triple-A team, and one's an ex-Met.
First, the current Met.
Mike Pelfrey has had a rough season with the Men of Shea. Going into Saturday's pressure-filled game at Atlanta, he'd lost seven of his nine starts in the majors without a win in a season some have said should have been spent in Triple-A until the September call-ups. But on Saturday, Pelfrey proved the naysayers wrong. In six innings he surrendered one hit, three walks, and only one run while striking out seven.
He threw a lot of pitches, 99 (51 were strikes), but he's not alone in doing that. Both Maine and Perez also usually have high pitch counts. More important, he notched his first win.
Next, the ex-Met.
Today, espn.com contained this headline: "Don't look now, but ... has 12 wins and is building a good case for AL Rookie of the Year."
Though on various discussion boards know-it-alls have knocked this pitcher, I've never wavered in my belief that the Mets never should have traded him. His name is Brian Bannister. Yesterday, he won again. In eight innings, he gave up six hits and a run to lower his ERA to 3.15. And he's not pitching for a pennant contender. He's pitching for the Kansas City Royals, whose record is 61-75.
The Mets traded Bannister for Ambiorix Burgos who's helped the Mets very little this season and will likely miss most, if not all, of next season due to recent Tommy John Surgery. This trade could go down as one of Mets General Manager Omar Minaya's worst trades in a season in which he's done little to make the Mets better than they were in 2006.
It also makes me question Minaya's ability to judge pitching talent. There's more to pitching ability than how high on the radar gun a pitcher's fastball registers and how many batters a pitcher strikes out.
Last, the yet-to-be Met.
Sunday, Kevin Mulvey started his first game in Triple-A after spending the season with the Binghamton Mets. The promotion to the Mets highest minor league farm team, the Zephyrs, didn't phase him. In six innings he didn't give up either a run or a walk and limited Round Rock to two hits. Equally impressive was his control. He threw 79 pitches; 52 (66%) were strikes.
Hopefully, Minaya won't be as hasty in parting company with Pelfrey and Mulvey as he was with Bannister.
First, the current Met.
Mike Pelfrey has had a rough season with the Men of Shea. Going into Saturday's pressure-filled game at Atlanta, he'd lost seven of his nine starts in the majors without a win in a season some have said should have been spent in Triple-A until the September call-ups. But on Saturday, Pelfrey proved the naysayers wrong. In six innings he surrendered one hit, three walks, and only one run while striking out seven.
He threw a lot of pitches, 99 (51 were strikes), but he's not alone in doing that. Both Maine and Perez also usually have high pitch counts. More important, he notched his first win.
Next, the ex-Met.
Today, espn.com contained this headline: "Don't look now, but ... has 12 wins and is building a good case for AL Rookie of the Year."
Though on various discussion boards know-it-alls have knocked this pitcher, I've never wavered in my belief that the Mets never should have traded him. His name is Brian Bannister. Yesterday, he won again. In eight innings, he gave up six hits and a run to lower his ERA to 3.15. And he's not pitching for a pennant contender. He's pitching for the Kansas City Royals, whose record is 61-75.
The Mets traded Bannister for Ambiorix Burgos who's helped the Mets very little this season and will likely miss most, if not all, of next season due to recent Tommy John Surgery. This trade could go down as one of Mets General Manager Omar Minaya's worst trades in a season in which he's done little to make the Mets better than they were in 2006.
It also makes me question Minaya's ability to judge pitching talent. There's more to pitching ability than how high on the radar gun a pitcher's fastball registers and how many batters a pitcher strikes out.
Last, the yet-to-be Met.
Sunday, Kevin Mulvey started his first game in Triple-A after spending the season with the Binghamton Mets. The promotion to the Mets highest minor league farm team, the Zephyrs, didn't phase him. In six innings he didn't give up either a run or a walk and limited Round Rock to two hits. Equally impressive was his control. He threw 79 pitches; 52 (66%) were strikes.
Hopefully, Minaya won't be as hasty in parting company with Pelfrey and Mulvey as he was with Bannister.
Monday, August 27, 2007
As the race heats up, Maine cools down
John Maine threw 111 pitches last night. Unfortunately, he did it in 5.2 innings. The Dodgers collected nine hits, six runs, and a walk off Maine, who was outpitched by David Wells, whom the Padres released earlier this month because of poor performance. If Maine can't outpitch Wells, the Mets have a problem. But then, Maine's been having problems in his last four starts. During that stretch he's lasted only 5.1, 5.0, 5.2, and 5.2 innings, averaging 112 pitches per start. That's about 21 pitches an inning.
Maine's faltering at the worst time, and Peterson seems unable to get him back on track. If arm fatigue's causing Maine's problems, he needs rest, not more innings. But then, this is the pennant run, and Maine's one of the Mets' horses running in the race.
Maine wasn't the only pitcher in the Mets organization who threw too many pitches in too few innings yesterday.
In New Orleans in an afternoon game, the Zephyrs' Adam Bostick gave up three runs while striking out three. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
But Bostick also has problems finding the strike zone. In his next-to-last game he threw 85 pitches in four innings. Yesterday, he threw 92 pitches in five. Only 43 were strikes, not a good percentage if you want to win baseball games.
In the third inning, his pitches danced outside the strike zone often enough to grant free passes to three batters. Specifically, he walked the leadoff batter. The second batter tried to bunt, but Andy Tracy, the Mets first baseman, turned it into a 5-6-4 double play. Then, Bostick walked the next batter. And the next batter. But not the next batter. That hitter, Geovany Soto, cleared the bases with his 24th home run.
Luckily for him, he didn't lose the game even though he walked twice as many batters as he struck out. That's because the Zephyrs scored eight runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings; but Zephyr reliever, Steve Schmoll, couldn't hold the lead. In one and two-thirds innings he gave up five runs, none earned, on three hits and two walks. And then his replacement, Ryan Cullen, gave up a solo homer to give the Iowa Cubs a 9-8 lead, which is how the game ended.
This is the first game in Bostick's last 11 in which he walked more batters than he struck out. In the previous 10 he had never walked more than three. Maybe he just doesn't like pitching during the day. His ERA in day games is 12.27; whereas, in night games it's 5.49. And his ERA when the bases are empty is an amazing 1.99.
If any pitcher has to puzzle the Mets management, it's Bostick. He can strike batters out. In 582 innings he's struck out 619 batters. But he continues to linger in the minors. This is his sixth season in in which he hasn't made it to the majors.
If only the Mets pitching coaches could mix a potion that would make Bostick's pitches less adverse to avoiding home plate, especially during day games, then he might be able to break the bonds that are confining him to the minor leagues.
And now, news about four good pitching performances.
Down a level in Double-A, a starter is having more success. Kevin Mulvey pitched six innings of four-hit ball, holding the Trenton Yankees to the only two runs they scored in the game. He walked just one batter while striking out 10. Though he didn't gain the victory, the five Mets relievers that followed him held the Yankees scoreless until the 14th inning when a single, double, and error produced the Mets winning run.
In Single-A, St. Lucie sent the Mets fans who attended their game home with a smile. Deolis Guerra, a man the Mets are counting on to pitch at Shea some day, limited the Palm Beach Cardinals to two hits and no runs over five innings as the Mets shut out the Cards, 5-0.
In short-season Single-A, Brooklyn won 8-2. It was won by a pitcher whose record is even better than the game's final score. Dylan Owen. In recording his eighth win against only one loss, Owen held Vermont to five hits and a run in five innings. He leads the NY-Penn League in ERA, wins, and WHIP. His ERA's under 2.00, and his WHIP is under 1.00.
And for those who missed it, in Kingsport on Saturday Michael Olmsted, a pitcher whom I consider to have a lot of potential, started and pitched six innings of one hit, one run ball in which he struck out seven.
Maine's faltering at the worst time, and Peterson seems unable to get him back on track. If arm fatigue's causing Maine's problems, he needs rest, not more innings. But then, this is the pennant run, and Maine's one of the Mets' horses running in the race.
Maine wasn't the only pitcher in the Mets organization who threw too many pitches in too few innings yesterday.
In New Orleans in an afternoon game, the Zephyrs' Adam Bostick gave up three runs while striking out three. Nothing out of the ordinary there.
But Bostick also has problems finding the strike zone. In his next-to-last game he threw 85 pitches in four innings. Yesterday, he threw 92 pitches in five. Only 43 were strikes, not a good percentage if you want to win baseball games.
In the third inning, his pitches danced outside the strike zone often enough to grant free passes to three batters. Specifically, he walked the leadoff batter. The second batter tried to bunt, but Andy Tracy, the Mets first baseman, turned it into a 5-6-4 double play. Then, Bostick walked the next batter. And the next batter. But not the next batter. That hitter, Geovany Soto, cleared the bases with his 24th home run.
Luckily for him, he didn't lose the game even though he walked twice as many batters as he struck out. That's because the Zephyrs scored eight runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings; but Zephyr reliever, Steve Schmoll, couldn't hold the lead. In one and two-thirds innings he gave up five runs, none earned, on three hits and two walks. And then his replacement, Ryan Cullen, gave up a solo homer to give the Iowa Cubs a 9-8 lead, which is how the game ended.
This is the first game in Bostick's last 11 in which he walked more batters than he struck out. In the previous 10 he had never walked more than three. Maybe he just doesn't like pitching during the day. His ERA in day games is 12.27; whereas, in night games it's 5.49. And his ERA when the bases are empty is an amazing 1.99.
If any pitcher has to puzzle the Mets management, it's Bostick. He can strike batters out. In 582 innings he's struck out 619 batters. But he continues to linger in the minors. This is his sixth season in in which he hasn't made it to the majors.
If only the Mets pitching coaches could mix a potion that would make Bostick's pitches less adverse to avoiding home plate, especially during day games, then he might be able to break the bonds that are confining him to the minor leagues.
And now, news about four good pitching performances.
Down a level in Double-A, a starter is having more success. Kevin Mulvey pitched six innings of four-hit ball, holding the Trenton Yankees to the only two runs they scored in the game. He walked just one batter while striking out 10. Though he didn't gain the victory, the five Mets relievers that followed him held the Yankees scoreless until the 14th inning when a single, double, and error produced the Mets winning run.
In Single-A, St. Lucie sent the Mets fans who attended their game home with a smile. Deolis Guerra, a man the Mets are counting on to pitch at Shea some day, limited the Palm Beach Cardinals to two hits and no runs over five innings as the Mets shut out the Cards, 5-0.
In short-season Single-A, Brooklyn won 8-2. It was won by a pitcher whose record is even better than the game's final score. Dylan Owen. In recording his eighth win against only one loss, Owen held Vermont to five hits and a run in five innings. He leads the NY-Penn League in ERA, wins, and WHIP. His ERA's under 2.00, and his WHIP is under 1.00.
And for those who missed it, in Kingsport on Saturday Michael Olmsted, a pitcher whom I consider to have a lot of potential, started and pitched six innings of one hit, one run ball in which he struck out seven.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Bostick and Maine, more of the same
A second after I glanced at the New Orleans boxscore for last night's home game, I knew the Zephyrs were in trouble. Before the first Zephyr had stepped into the batter's box, the team was already three runs down.
The victim? Starter Adam Bostick.
In the top of the first he faced eight batters. After striking out the leadoff man, he walked the next batter, who then stole second. (Bostick needs to work on keeping runners close.) I don't know if the theft of second also stole Bostick's concentration, but he grooved a pitch to Oklahoma's cleanup hitter who smashed it over the left field fence. The next three batters were also happy to step to the plate, doubling, singling, and singling. Finally, Bostick was able to end the inning by getting the eighth batter to pop out to first.
In the third inning, an Oklahoma batter homered.
In the fourth, an Oklahoma batter homered.
In the fifth, six Oklahoma batters came to the plate, but by then Bostick was gone.
His ERA's now 6.07.
In his four innings, Bostick threw 85 pitches. That's about 21 pitches an inning. Control problems?
For the past few weeks the Zephyr starters have struggled on the mound, something I expound upon this week in my column.
Tonight Philip Humber starts. In his last outing he was also out fast: He lasted just 3.2 innings during which he surrendered four walks and five earned runs.
Stay tuned.
Thirteen hundred forty miles away, in Flushing Meadows, Queens, John Maine lasted 5.2 innings. He also had control issues. He threw 118 pitches or more than 22 an inning. Forty six of them were outside the strike zone. When he was pulled from the game in the sixth, Mike Cameron had homered, Josh Bard had doubled to deep right, and pinch-hitter Marcus Giles, hitting only .224 this season, had tripled to deep left. Did Willie leave Maine in an inning too long?
Maine's explanation of his outing? The New York Times quoted him as saying "“I felt all right today.” ... “It was just tough in the weather.”
It was a cooler than usual August night in Queens, the temperature sinking into the upper fifties after the game began; however, I suspect Maine's problem are due more to a tired arm if not a tired body.
North of the Big Apple, in Portland, Maine, at least one pitcher in the Mets organization still has his sea legs under him. Though Portland's temperature matched that in Queens, Kevin Mulvey, the Binghamton Mets ace, showed in seven innings what he's capable of: three hits, no runs, six strikeouts. The B-Met notched his 11th win as he lowered his ERA to 3.34.
For Zephyr weather watchers, the temperature hovered around 100 degrees at game time yesterday in the Big Easy.
The victim? Starter Adam Bostick.
In the top of the first he faced eight batters. After striking out the leadoff man, he walked the next batter, who then stole second. (Bostick needs to work on keeping runners close.) I don't know if the theft of second also stole Bostick's concentration, but he grooved a pitch to Oklahoma's cleanup hitter who smashed it over the left field fence. The next three batters were also happy to step to the plate, doubling, singling, and singling. Finally, Bostick was able to end the inning by getting the eighth batter to pop out to first.
In the third inning, an Oklahoma batter homered.
In the fourth, an Oklahoma batter homered.
In the fifth, six Oklahoma batters came to the plate, but by then Bostick was gone.
His ERA's now 6.07.
In his four innings, Bostick threw 85 pitches. That's about 21 pitches an inning. Control problems?
For the past few weeks the Zephyr starters have struggled on the mound, something I expound upon this week in my column.
Tonight Philip Humber starts. In his last outing he was also out fast: He lasted just 3.2 innings during which he surrendered four walks and five earned runs.
Stay tuned.
Thirteen hundred forty miles away, in Flushing Meadows, Queens, John Maine lasted 5.2 innings. He also had control issues. He threw 118 pitches or more than 22 an inning. Forty six of them were outside the strike zone. When he was pulled from the game in the sixth, Mike Cameron had homered, Josh Bard had doubled to deep right, and pinch-hitter Marcus Giles, hitting only .224 this season, had tripled to deep left. Did Willie leave Maine in an inning too long?
Maine's explanation of his outing? The New York Times quoted him as saying "“I felt all right today.” ... “It was just tough in the weather.”
It was a cooler than usual August night in Queens, the temperature sinking into the upper fifties after the game began; however, I suspect Maine's problem are due more to a tired arm if not a tired body.
North of the Big Apple, in Portland, Maine, at least one pitcher in the Mets organization still has his sea legs under him. Though Portland's temperature matched that in Queens, Kevin Mulvey, the Binghamton Mets ace, showed in seven innings what he's capable of: three hits, no runs, six strikeouts. The B-Met notched his 11th win as he lowered his ERA to 3.34.
For Zephyr weather watchers, the temperature hovered around 100 degrees at game time yesterday in the Big Easy.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
August 4 performances of starting pitchers across the Mets organization
| Pitcher | IP | ER | H | K | ERA |
| Vineyard (GCL) | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6.64 |
| Martinez (KNG) | 1.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5.08 |
| Carr (BRK) | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.25 |
| Castillo (SAV) | 6.0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3.97 |
| Ruckle (StL) | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3.56 |
| Mulvey (BNG) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3.25 |
| Williams (NOZ) | 5.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.72 |
| Maine (NYM) | 2.2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3.27 |
Monday, July 30, 2007
Good new about Maine and Mulvey but not Delgado and Beltran
Sunday the Big Club won a rain-shortened game, 5-0. John Maine once again demonstrated that he's the staff's most consistent winner, limiting the Nats to one hit in five innings to notch his twelth win. The 6'4" Maine has now won six times as many games as he won during his first two seasons of Major League ball, both with the Orioles.
Maine was the only member of the starting lineup who wasn't hitting at least .252. And six of the starting nine were hitting at least .286. Reyes had two doubles and Castro, whose hitting .327, homered.
The B-Mets lost, but when Kevin Mulvey left the game after six innings it was tied at two. During his six-inning stint Mulvey gave up two runs and two walks while surrendering five hits and striking out five. His performance didn't hurt his ERA, which now stands at 3.29.
More Met disappointment
I was disappointed when the Mets traded Xavier Nady, and when I see what he's been doing this season with the Pirates, I'm further questioning Minaya's astuteness. This season with runners in scoring position, Nady has hit .356. In the same situation, here are the stats for the Mets power hitters:
Lo Duca: .214
Delgado: .224
Beltran: .242
Wright: .295
Even Reyes is outhitting Delgado and Beltran when runners are in scoring position, hitting .290. And Mike Jacobs, one of the players the Mets traded for Delgado, is hitting .278.
The situation worsens when runners are in scoring position with two outs. In a New York Sun article dated July 23 Tim Marchman wrote that "Jose Reyes, as of the start of yesterday's game, was batting .218 with runners in scoring position and two outs. David Wright was batting .196, Paul Lo Duca .186, Carlos Delgado .167, and Carlos Beltran .111. It's embarrassing."
Nady in that situation is hitting .413.
With all the money the Mets are shelling out for their power hitters, especially Delgado and Beltran, they're not getting their money's worth.
Maine was the only member of the starting lineup who wasn't hitting at least .252. And six of the starting nine were hitting at least .286. Reyes had two doubles and Castro, whose hitting .327, homered.
The B-Mets lost, but when Kevin Mulvey left the game after six innings it was tied at two. During his six-inning stint Mulvey gave up two runs and two walks while surrendering five hits and striking out five. His performance didn't hurt his ERA, which now stands at 3.29.
More Met disappointment
I was disappointed when the Mets traded Xavier Nady, and when I see what he's been doing this season with the Pirates, I'm further questioning Minaya's astuteness. This season with runners in scoring position, Nady has hit .356. In the same situation, here are the stats for the Mets power hitters:
Lo Duca: .214
Delgado: .224
Beltran: .242
Wright: .295
Even Reyes is outhitting Delgado and Beltran when runners are in scoring position, hitting .290. And Mike Jacobs, one of the players the Mets traded for Delgado, is hitting .278.
The situation worsens when runners are in scoring position with two outs. In a New York Sun article dated July 23 Tim Marchman wrote that "Jose Reyes, as of the start of yesterday's game, was batting .218 with runners in scoring position and two outs. David Wright was batting .196, Paul Lo Duca .186, Carlos Delgado .167, and Carlos Beltran .111. It's embarrassing."
Nady in that situation is hitting .413.
With all the money the Mets are shelling out for their power hitters, especially Delgado and Beltran, they're not getting their money's worth.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Two won, two lost
In Coors Field, a hitters' ballpark, the Rockies did and the Mets didn't. Starter Tom Glavine lost his sixth of the season as he inched closer to the .500 mark. In six innings he yielded nine hits, six runs, and five walks. Seemed like he was having trouble finding the plate. Of his 112 pitches, only 61 were strikes. On the positive side, if it weren't for one "Rockie" inning, the third, Glavine wouldn't have given up a run. And there was another positive. Joe Smith pitched the last two innings and limited the Rockies to one walk and no hits.
One level down, the Zephyrs won, 3-2, but starter David Williams didn't get the win though he gave up only only three hits and two runs in seven innings. Given the Mets current pitching problems, Williams might soon be joining the big team.
The B-Mets lost 5-3, Kevin Mulvey absorbing the loss.
And in Aberdeen land, wherever that is, the Brooklyn Cyclones scored four in the top of the tenth to finish off the Ironbirds 6-3 though no Cyclones pitcher pitched even four innings. Hittingwise, Jacob Eigsti led the Cyclones with three while playing three positions in the game: 3B, 1B, and SS. Eigsti was the Mets' 29th round pick in the 2006 draft.
One level down, the Zephyrs won, 3-2, but starter David Williams didn't get the win though he gave up only only three hits and two runs in seven innings. Given the Mets current pitching problems, Williams might soon be joining the big team.
The B-Mets lost 5-3, Kevin Mulvey absorbing the loss.
And in Aberdeen land, wherever that is, the Brooklyn Cyclones scored four in the top of the tenth to finish off the Ironbirds 6-3 though no Cyclones pitcher pitched even four innings. Hittingwise, Jacob Eigsti led the Cyclones with three while playing three positions in the game: 3B, 1B, and SS. Eigsti was the Mets' 29th round pick in the 2006 draft.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Mets win though held to two hits
Two hits. That's all the Mets managed to get last night in their six inning game at Shea against the Cards. Fortunately, one of those hits was David Wright's two-run homer.
The Mets pair of hits was one more hit than the Cards got as Tom Glavine shut out the Cards in the rain-shortened game, picking up his 297th win in the process.
The Mets fared better than did their two top farm teams. The Zephyrs lost 3-1 as former Met prospect, Craig Brazell, slammed his league-leading 22nd home run. Dave Williams got the loss. This was Williams' first start this season, the layoff a result of neck surgery performed last January. His return was significant given that a sore shoulder removed starter Adam Bostick from the rotation and onto the DL. Hopefully, Williams can pitch better than Bostick, another leftie, who was 3-5 with a 6.71 ERA.
Down two notches, the Mets' Double-A affiliate, the Binghamton Mets, suffered their seventh loss in the last 10 games. The loser, Kevin Mulvey, the Mets top draft choice in the 2006 player draft. Mulvey's record sank below .500. It makes you wonder whether the ex-Villanova star will be able to crack a Mets starting rotation that now consists of Glavine, Hernandez, Maine, Perez, and Sosa. Not one of them is a product of the Met's farm system.
Think the Mets' need pitching help? In this year's player draft, of the first first 12 players the Mets' drafted, 8 were pitchers? (The others were infielders.) Their top choice, Oregon State's Eddie Kunz, is a reliever. Strangely, though BaseballAmerica ranked him #87 overall, the Mets picked him 42nd. In the 2007 college World Series, which Oregan State won, Kunz pitched just two thirds of an inning. Most of the relief work was done by Joe Paterson, whom the Giants drafted in the tenth round. At least Kunz wasn't overused.
The Mets pair of hits was one more hit than the Cards got as Tom Glavine shut out the Cards in the rain-shortened game, picking up his 297th win in the process.
The Mets fared better than did their two top farm teams. The Zephyrs lost 3-1 as former Met prospect, Craig Brazell, slammed his league-leading 22nd home run. Dave Williams got the loss. This was Williams' first start this season, the layoff a result of neck surgery performed last January. His return was significant given that a sore shoulder removed starter Adam Bostick from the rotation and onto the DL. Hopefully, Williams can pitch better than Bostick, another leftie, who was 3-5 with a 6.71 ERA.
Down two notches, the Mets' Double-A affiliate, the Binghamton Mets, suffered their seventh loss in the last 10 games. The loser, Kevin Mulvey, the Mets top draft choice in the 2006 player draft. Mulvey's record sank below .500. It makes you wonder whether the ex-Villanova star will be able to crack a Mets starting rotation that now consists of Glavine, Hernandez, Maine, Perez, and Sosa. Not one of them is a product of the Met's farm system.
Think the Mets' need pitching help? In this year's player draft, of the first first 12 players the Mets' drafted, 8 were pitchers? (The others were infielders.) Their top choice, Oregon State's Eddie Kunz, is a reliever. Strangely, though BaseballAmerica ranked him #87 overall, the Mets picked him 42nd. In the 2007 college World Series, which Oregan State won, Kunz pitched just two thirds of an inning. Most of the relief work was done by Joe Paterson, whom the Giants drafted in the tenth round. At least Kunz wasn't overused.
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