The Hunt for Baseball in October...

...begins and perhaps ends for the Mets with the search for real starting pitching. Buster Olney has some comments on that front here.

I have to say I've read a lot of commentary by various people that there is concern whether Pelfrey will ever develop a solid, reliable 2nd and 3rd pitch, necessary if he is to become a truly dominant starting pitcher. If not, he certainly would make an outstanding reliever. I understand the Mets don't want to relegate him to the bullpen unless/until they've decided that's his fate in life since he'd be losing the stamina necessary as a SP by only working out of pen, but at some point they will need to make this call. If he's not a legit SP, trade him or move him to pen. They certainly made this call very early on for Heilman, against his strong wishes otherwise.