Comments on: Chris Young Could Make Pelfrey’s Loss Less Painful

By: sarge69

sarge69 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:38:22 +0000

I’m with you 86mets; Young is not reliable as a replacement for Pelf; Schwinden ain’t either but he doesn’t get hurt after a month of pitching, 5 maybe 6 innings a strain on BP.

I say bring up Gorski, another awesome LH in AA but I know, too soon but he sure looks good so far and should be ready by the time Johan’s contract is up.

Depth seems to be a problem especially with Johan pitching good but he might hit a wall later in season for lack of innings since 2010 so who do Mets bring up or make it rotation by BP, not.

Batista might have been a option if not for his sudden lack of control and he is too hittable so this is what SA gets paid the big bucks for, we need an answer soon when off days become as rare as a reliable option for Mets starting rotation

By: Amazin

Amazin — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:41:45 +0000

Apparently many of theses poster get their supposed thoughts directly from the Met front office. Young. What a hope!!!! What’s the over under on games before he’s done. 1,m 2, 3…. Yeah it takes a true novice to think Young can help any team.

By: Stick

Stick — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:43:50 +0000

I love Gorski. He was my bet too for 1st guy promoted as a SP. He does seem the most complete (as in, he has developed all that he is going to in the minors).

Young? If anything, I look at him as part of the filler brigade (the guys you try to piece together enough starts out of the fill the gaps)/ Schwinden will get a few, probably Hefner for some, Batista already got one, etc. So if Young even manages to give them 10 respectable starts, it would be a huge plus.

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:43:20 +0000

By the way, I watched Familia’s start yesterday and he looked like a righthanded version of Oliver Perez. 7 walks in 3 innings, walking the bases loaded to start the top of the 4th before being yanked. He has nasty stuff but can’t command it at all. This is the 2nd start of his I got to watch and came away unimpressed. If he can’t figure out a way to command his stuff then he might not even be a good reliever. He’s still young so hopefully he can figure it out.

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:38:50 +0000

I agree Reese. This kid knows how to pitch and commands the strikezone. I wouldn’t be shocked at all to see both Edgin and Gorski up here sometime around the allstar break. Both seem to be on the fast track.

As far as Young goes, I doubt he even gives us the 4 starts he gave us last year. He had the same injury as Johan and had surgey less than a year ago. I can’t see how he builds up enough arm strength to pitch in the majors at any point this year and if he happens to defy the odds, just how long will he last.

By: Reese

Reese — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:50:43 +0000

The answer is more likely Darin Gorski in AA who is already 24 and pitching on cruise control. He’s already had 350 IP in the minors and isn’t a control-challenged pitcher that blows people away who needs more seasoning.

By: 86mets

86mets — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:37:21 +0000

A better option? For how many starts? 4, before he gets hurt again? If he were 100% healthy and you could count on it, then, yes, Chris Young might be the best option. But he hasn’t been 100% in years so there’s no way you can depend on him filling in for 15-20 starts if he indeed is ready to go by late May or early June. But, such is the depth (or extreme lack thereof) of the Mets system that the only options you have are either young, unproven, and likely unready pitchers (Harvey / Familia), unproven non-prospects (Schwinden), or high injury risk types (Young).

Most teams fill up their AAA teams with players with some ML experience to have around in case of emergency. Now, the Mets have signed some such positional players (Rob Johnson, Fred Lewis come to mind) but did nothing on the pitching side expect for some possible relief help (Olson and James). Now that lack of planning is coming back to bite them. It’s one thing to control expenses, but another entirely to just be cheap and hope that your 25 man roster stays healthy and/or productive for 162 games.

By: Stick

Stick — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:14:55 +0000

familia is far from ready. Harvey, if he gets fully sorted, could be up by August, but only if he is really fully ready for the promotion.

Young in may would be a very good thing.

By: K Maxx

K Maxx — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:14:49 +0000

Yeah, great idea! Lets put our hopes into a pitcher who hasn’t pitched healthy since 2007. This was an awful signing just as it was last season. I could think of a hundred better ways to spend millions of dollars. There were plenty of pitchers out there who were healthy and cheap but all they could do is go after players they have a history with and ignore all the others.