Let him mature and let him rip when he is good and ready.

I hear both points about “wasting bullets” and if he is sitting down batters left and right let him loose.

In that scenario we will never realize his full potential be short circuiting his development.

DOn’t think we are thinking World Series this year……but I’m a Met fan for a reason….you never know.

I agree with waiting.

Pelfrey was brought up here after 18 starts in 3 different leagues. He most likely never faced the same lineup even twice. He was dominating A+ based just on what he had in college and even at that the Mets had him drop his curve ball.

His 2 AAA starts had high walk rates and low strikeouts but BAM. Early July of his first professional season he’s in the Majors, with high walks and low strikeouts. What a surprise.

Since then it’s pretty much stayed the same every year in those areas and he hasn’t gotten any better.

The Mets should really seek to put their prospects in the best possible situation instead of just bringing them up to fill a need like we’ve done repeatedly with Pelfrey, Niese, Fern, Gomez, Murphy, Thole, Kunz, Stoner, Milledge, Humber, Jason Vargas, Parnell, Mejia and Tejada.

Of all the guys we’ve brought up too quickly out of desperation only Davis, Gee, Joe Smith and Murphy have even performed well their first or second time up here so not only have we gotten less out of them later but we didn’t get any thing from them by rushing them either.

Time to start grooming instead of zooming them.

I don’t necessarily know what else I could have said in terms of “taking it slow” but you get where I am going with that.

If he basically lights up ST and pitches better than every other starter then and only then should they consider bringing him up to see if he can build off that experience!

As much as rushing a kid is bad, sending him down when he is obviously the best pitcher you have and he is well on top of his game is just as bad!

Sends the wrong message that no matter how good you are you will get promoted when we are damn good and ready and that can hurt a young kid just bas much as pressure can!

I don’t think he is going to pitch like that and will likely go down sooner rather than later to the MiL fields but if he does manage to blow everyone away and keep doing it then Poor Dillon Gee is going to lose his rotation spot!
Or should!

Rushing isn’t about how soon but about promoting a kid based on what others are not doing!
Thats what made pelfrey a rush!

If the kid is performing at an MLB level when camp breaks then he deserves to come up and show he can keep doing that! The pressure will be offset by the confidence gained with his success!
If you feel and play like you belong then there is no pressure because you have PROVED you belong!

But, I don’t believe in keeping a guy in the minors once they have shown themselves to be ready to move up. At some point, you are just wasting bullets.

and eventually they all have to learn to handle the majors. As long as you aren’t dumping him on the Mets while he is still working on ‘stuff” (control, mastering a specific pitch) if he has nothing left to prove int he minors, bring him up if there is an opening.

this year, he certainly is (should?) going to start in the minors, but I don’t know if it matters as to AA or AAA. Even if it is AA, would not be a surprise to see him skip AAA entirely, or just swing by for a quick plate of wings.

anyway, IMO if he is kicking butt in the minors, he certainly should be up at least for September to get his feet wet.

No argument from me on this opinion.