RHP Rodrigo Lopez Chooses Braves

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• Clayton Collier January 29, 2011 at 10:27 pm

  When I go through a batter or pitcher I see the Mets are looking at. I go through their stats and look for a good quality as to what Alderson has seen in them. Here is what I found:

  As you said, he pitched 200 innings last year.

  He has ERA’s under 4.00 verses the Braves, Marlins and Nationals This season.

  Has a 3.96 ERA as a reliever career.

  The bad: ever since TJ surgery, hes been pretty bad.

  He led the league last season in losses, Earned runs given up and homers given up.

  In this situation, I say the bad outweighs the good here.
  • XtreemIcon January 30, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Clayton, the losses mean nothing, and the earned runs were a direct by-product of all the home runs he gave up, something he wouldn’t have to worry as much about in Citi. His xFIP was 4.70 last year, so if it’s a minor league contract (and ONLY a minor league contract), then bring him in and see if Citi Field can’t normalize his numbers. Doesn’t mean much one way or another.
    • Clayton Collier January 30, 2011 at 9:54 am

      its not just the homers, hes given up 227 hits last year. just alot of the hits end up going much further than a single, they tend to be off and over the wall. Yes Citi Field may translate into a few homers taken away and yes some will turn into flyouts, but many of those will become doubles and triples.

      Just dont see it working out
    • Metsie January 30, 2011 at 12:26 pm

      Good point about the park!

      That should shave a run off his ERA and in response to Clayton you have to also consider if before his hits went off the wall in Citi they will be lazy fly balls on the warning track!

      But I do have to woder if the Mets have set up a recruiting station in the Hospital for Special Surgery!

      I mean every pitcher we have signed has had some sort of surgery in the last 3 years!
      • XtreemIcon January 30, 2011 at 12:41 pm

        I hear they’re using the space that Citizen’s Bank uses as a “holding cell” for a surgical room. The Mets are breaking new ground, the first and only team who can actually perform TJ surgeries in-game, underneath the stands!

        But seriously, the Mets have a great weapon in their arsenal – the ballpark. I’d sign Rodrigo Lopez’s grandmother to a minor league deal if she has at least a decent second pitch.
  • METS62FAN January 30, 2011 at 10:40 am

    Claton, when was that TJ?
    • Clayton Collier January 30, 2011 at 10:45 am

      2008, and hes failed to have an ERA under 5 since.
      • Des January 31, 2011 at 10:18 pm

        Wikipedia says:
        López underwent Tommy John surgery on August 22, 2007, and became a free agent at the end of the season
• Mr North Jersey January 31, 2011 at 9:05 pm

  lol luv the “sniff sniff”

  worthy of an Oscar.
• t agee January 31, 2011 at 9:11 pm

  Good.