1) Philip Humber had a successful MLB debut last night.
2) Milledge might make the post-season roster, according to Willie.
3) Wallace Matthews, following SHK's lead, would like to see Glavine be the game 1 (& 5) starter.
4) Rey Sanchez of Newsday has an article about the possibility of Soriano coming to the Mets next year, and it sounds highly possible. Soriano obviously is close to Willie, and also states about 10 times "I don't need to go to New York." If he said it once I would've taken it at face value. By the 8th time, I just wanted to tell the guy, "OK, we get it, you don't want to scare off other clubs from bidding on you because they think you're going to sign in New York and they don't have a chance. Point taken."
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Also, Mike Devaney at Binghamton was named the minor league pitcher of the year for the organization. Mike Carp at St Lucie was named minor league player of the year.
This is going to be a very telling postseason for Pedro. For the past several years (Sox first, now Mets) I've had to watch the guy whine and moan, sit out 1-2 months every season with "injuries", and not have the ability to go more than 6-7 innings in a game. In addition, he is not as consistent a pitcher as you'd like for #1. That said, I'm completely happy to look the other way IF he proves in this postseason that he can reach down and get it done.
It would be nice to see him break his recent trend of starting out each season well only to get worn down and "injured" by the end, but I don't think that's likely. Unfortunately I don't expect the Mets to have the luxury of a 15 game lead in future seasons to rest their players at whim, and at that point we'll see how much of a 'competitor' he really is, how much he's willing to fight through.
At this point, I think 6-7 innings would be a big win. He's basically in spring training mode right now, so I have zero confidence in him being dominant, and only moderate confidence in him being O.K.
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