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Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Williams
Williams continues to look very strong, certainly making a solid case to be on the postseason roster. Could be Pedro, Glavine, Maine, Williams, El Duque. I like our chances with that plus our deep bullpen, best in majors.
Wow. Pedro's still under contract, but after that there's a dizzying number of young arms that are possible starters next year:
Maine. Pelfrey. Oliver Perez (CG Shutout today). Bannister. Heilman (still young at 27). Humber (up in the bigs after a great year). Mulvey (top draft pick & college product who's baffled hitters after being sent straight to AA)
Most likely for next year if no one is traded in the offseason:
Pedro Glavine (1-yr option exercised) Maine Bannister Perez
(Heilman stays in pen)
Pelfrey and Humber start the year in AAA.
Mulvey starts the year in AA, with an eye on stretching him out and building up his arm strength. If he continues to pitch as well as he has been (impossible, really, but let's just say he continues to pitch well), he'll be up at Norfolk by mid-season.
The crazy thing is that Pelfrey, Humber, and Mulvey were all our top round picks, the guys the scouts graded out the highest. Bannister was a later round pick who has become a solid pitcher through fundamentals and hard work. As Herb Sendek likes to say, someone who's "chopping wood." Perez was a reclamation project.
Point is, if Perez or Bannister have any trade value this winter they might get dealt b/c the Mets "system guys" are coming up right behind them but probably still another year away.
What I'd like to see next year:
Pedro Pelfrey Bannister Maine Perez
One more year in the minors for Humber and Mulvey. Then one of them gets slotted in for Pedro in '08 and another young pitcher gets sent to the pen to join the Heilman "effective and aggravated" club. If his command is there, I could see Pelfrey becoming the closer of the future, with his high-90's heat and the fact that he's a 2/3 pitch pitcher.
Perez was throwing some real heat last night, high upper 90s (if you believe Shea Jugs gun) in the 8th inning! Just blowing pitches by Brian Jordan. What's the deal with Perez though - he had one solid year in majors, the rest were bad. Are they hoping there is some good upside potential, with peterson coaching?
Also, didn't humber miss a year with tommy john surgery? Are there any long-term concerns there?
The Mets are going to have an unbelievable starting and bullpen situation for the next few years. And don't forget, duaner sanchez should be back next season in the pen!
Humber had Tommy John surgery in '05, but it didn't seem to stop him from having a great '06.
At the time of Perez' "one great year" he was considered possibly the best young pitching prospect in the game. I have no idea what went wrong on his journey, but something went terribly wrong. Obviously it's tough to know what you're going to get from him, but he's shown flashes of the best and worst in his 3 Mets starts. If they can straighten him out, his top end is probably the best of any of the young Mets pitchers. And they seem to recognize this, which is why they didn't want his disasterous penultimate outing to end his season--they rolled him out for one more start. He sure made the best of it.
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Wow. Pedro's still under contract, but after that there's a dizzying number of young arms that are possible starters next year:
Maine.
Pelfrey.
Oliver Perez (CG Shutout today).
Bannister.
Heilman (still young at 27).
Humber (up in the bigs after a great year).
Mulvey (top draft pick & college product who's baffled hitters after being sent straight to AA)
Most likely for next year if no one is traded in the offseason:
Pedro
Glavine (1-yr option exercised)
Maine
Bannister
Perez
(Heilman stays in pen)
Pelfrey and Humber start the year in AAA.
Mulvey starts the year in AA, with an eye on stretching him out and building up his arm strength. If he continues to pitch as well as he has been (impossible, really, but let's just say he continues to pitch well), he'll be up at Norfolk by mid-season.
The crazy thing is that Pelfrey, Humber, and Mulvey were all our top round picks, the guys the scouts graded out the highest. Bannister was a later round pick who has become a solid pitcher through fundamentals and hard work. As Herb Sendek likes to say, someone who's "chopping wood." Perez was a reclamation project.
Point is, if Perez or Bannister have any trade value this winter they might get dealt b/c the Mets "system guys" are coming up right behind them but probably still another year away.
What I'd like to see next year:
Pedro
Pelfrey
Bannister
Maine
Perez
One more year in the minors for Humber and Mulvey. Then one of them gets slotted in for Pedro in '08 and another young pitcher gets sent to the pen to join the Heilman "effective and aggravated" club. If his command is there, I could see Pelfrey becoming the closer of the future, with his high-90's heat and the fact that he's a 2/3 pitch pitcher.
Perez was throwing some real heat last night, high upper 90s (if you believe Shea Jugs gun) in the 8th inning! Just blowing pitches by Brian Jordan. What's the deal with Perez though - he had one solid year in majors, the rest were bad. Are they hoping there is some good upside potential, with peterson coaching?
Also, didn't humber miss a year with tommy john surgery? Are there any long-term concerns there?
The Mets are going to have an unbelievable starting and bullpen situation for the next few years. And don't forget, duaner sanchez should be back next season in the pen!
Humber had Tommy John surgery in '05, but it didn't seem to stop him from having a great '06.
At the time of Perez' "one great year" he was considered possibly the best young pitching prospect in the game. I have no idea what went wrong on his journey, but something went terribly wrong. Obviously it's tough to know what you're going to get from him, but he's shown flashes of the best and worst in his 3 Mets starts. If they can straighten him out, his top end is probably the best of any of the young Mets pitchers. And they seem to recognize this, which is why they didn't want his disasterous penultimate outing to end his season--they rolled him out for one more start. He sure made the best of it.
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