Mike Pelfrey Keeps Sinking, Chris Carter Keeps Rising

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• James K. March 22, 2010 at 8:13 pm

  2 weeks ago –

  http://metsmerizedonline.com/2010/03/morning-grind-another-rumor-competition-is-good-carter-not-so-much.html

  “One last thing you should know, Carter is also the guy that has a snowball’s chance in hell of making the Mets opening day roster. That’s all you need to know.”

  Let’s go snowball!
  • Joe D March 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    Did you enjoy that? lol

    I was thinking of pulling the same on you with your Francoeur anthology last week, but my login info is still messed up!
  • Kramer67 March 22, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    The fact is 2 weeks ago Carter did have zero chance of making the team. He still does unless Murphy or Tatis gets cut.
• Bob L March 22, 2010 at 8:27 pm

  My question is, when is ST more than ST? It means ‘squat’ right? Don’t / haven’t players AND teams have / had lousy ST’s and light the league up during the season? Don’t get me wrong, i am very worried about the performances, to date of most of the starting rotation, many of the bull pen guys, and many position players, but should i be / should we be so worried? Doesn’t ‘performance’ over the course of a long season, ‘return to the mean’?
  i dunno. Let’s Go Mets!
  • METS62FAN March 23, 2010 at 11:02 am

    Bob, u r absolutely right, inasmuch as I remember the 3-ENIGMAS are all assigned to work on throwing strikes instead of producing impressive results, in that regard, I’m feeling bullish:

    PELF 14.2IP 2BB
    MAINE 6.1IP 4BB
    PEREZ 11.0IP 4BB

    It’s certainly still a work in progress with Pelfrey’s efforts being the most deceiving since his instructions are to throw fewer sinkers & learn to succeed solely on his other pitches. Camp is certainly the place to experiment as Pelf has replaced his former STRAIGHT CHANGE with a SPLIT CHANGE. I also read somewhere Maine is experimenting with a similar pitch & his slider is still being troublesome with all the emphasis being placed upon reducing those frustrating BB, I personally prefer that machinelilke strike thrower Takahashi for the additional SP
    as his 10:1 K:BB ratio in 8IP has certainly impressed the hell out of me so much so that I’d slot him #3 w/Perez #5.
• steve March 22, 2010 at 8:48 pm

  Carter should be # 25 on the roster,he can pitch hit play Right if Francouer doesn’t start hitting. I’d still like to see a trade. Pagan Santos, Nieve to K.C for Meche and Aviles.
• FP Mets March 22, 2010 at 11:17 pm

  go figure pelfrey is sinking because his pitches sure as hell aren’t
  • METS62FAN March 23, 2010 at 11:07 am

    FP, his instruction are to rely on his other pitches more, 4seamer fastball not his 2 seam sinking fastball, split change replace straight change. it’s freaking ST. The time to go where u’ve never been before, throw that pitch u’ve never thrown before…etc. time to build confidence in your other options break the mold hitters have begun to look for. most inportantly, walk half as many as u used to & stop looking so confused when your sinker keeps being called low.
• papi March 22, 2010 at 11:20 pm

  i heard that the mets were once very close to dealing pelf and two more prospects to the rockies for matt holliday… oh what could have been.
• Gary Levitan March 23, 2010 at 9:22 am

  I love how everyone judges Chris Carter based on absolutely nothing.
  • METS62FAN March 23, 2010 at 11:14 am

    I certainly wouldn’t consider 3 camps like these absolutely nothing:
    TEAM G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS GO/AO
    2008 BOS 16 35 4 13 18 5 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 0 .371 .378 .514 .893 0.29
    2008 CIN 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.00
    2009 BOS 28 76 15 27 50 5 0 6 11 2 0 12 0 0 .355 .380 .658 1.038 1.38
    2010 NYM 10 18 5 8 19 2 0 3 8 2 0 2 0 0 .444 .500 1.056 1.556 0.60

    While, it’s an admittedly thin resume, it at least shows a consistancy of excelling similar to this showcase. I’m only guessing; but I assume the Cincy tryout was a rule 5 audition they returned to Boston. seems like his scxoring one run while walking in 2AB fortunately for us did not impress the Reds
    • Joe D March 23, 2010 at 11:24 am

      I wasnt always so high on Carter, mostly because I preferred the two first round draft picks we could have gotten had we not traded Wags. However that wasnt Carter’s fault and I should judge him on his own merits. He has proven that he has mastered AAA and truly deserves a fair shot to display his talents in the Majors now.
      • METS62FAN March 24, 2010 at 11:03 am

        Joew, I’m a bit disapoointed in your slowness to realize that Fred Wilpon refuses to offer arbitration to anyone. to me, this became apparent in the Fonzie negotiations whereby, even after it was apparent SF was hellbent to secure him, we still passed up the picks a simple arbi offer would have secured. In case u haven’t noticed we’re getting very close to the time of year when Met headlines are chock full of the contract agreements that avoided arbitration hearings. If I recall properly Ollie Perez was the only such hearing for ZNYM in the past 5 yrs or so. I do not recall even one gamble on offering arbitration to anyone of our potential FA. Besides, hadn’t they given their word not to, to Billy which he tried; but failed to get Boston to concur with.
      • Bob L March 24, 2010 at 11:18 am

        how ‘bad’ is Carter as a 1B? It’s between Carter & Jacobs for the last bench spot, right? If so, how do the Mets pass on Jacobs who, once upon a time, hit 30HRS in MLB? i’m intrigued by Carter. Will he stick?
• Gary Levitan March 23, 2010 at 9:23 am

  BTW i mean that spring training is at least something. None of you Carter hater have a clue as to who this guy is. Anyone who was a top Bosox propsect for 3 years is a propsect in my book. End of story! He can hit….let him prove it!
  • Joe D March 23, 2010 at 11:22 am

    I agree.