Acosta And His 10.53 ERA Survives As Mets Cut Schwinden To Make Room For Rottino

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• Alex68 May 21, 2012 at 10:17 am

  Huh, interesting choice… And acosta sucks, but so does schwindel..
• srt May 21, 2012 at 10:18 am

  Figured Rottino would get that call up for the bench spot starting this series, since we’re back to playing the NL.

  And my guess would be Acosta as well. If they send Schwinden back down, we’re left w/o a long man in the BP, since Terry stated Hefner will be making what would have been Batista’s next spot.
  • any May 21, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    guess that role is filled by Manny and Carson. And just hope there aren’t any early exits by the SP any time soon.
• Metstheory22 May 21, 2012 at 10:56 am

  Flip a coin or keep Schwinden as lefty in pen.
• Joey D. May 21, 2012 at 11:41 am

  He’s only played one game at first so he won’t fill-in for Ike if he’s sent down.

  The fact that he’s hitting .300 with Buffalo doesn’t really mean much considering he has a .295 lifetime BA down under yet has been buried in the minors for eight years. Could be that insiders see little in his mechanics to indicate the potential of making it in the majors.

  Or maybe the Met organization saw something in him when he was signed as a free agent last year that the other’s didn’t. He’s hit just .175 in 40 plate appearances in the majors – too little to judge on those stats – but again, it’s those eight years in the minors that concerns me.
  • any May 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    positional flexibility?
    • trs86 May 21, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      Considering he played catcher last night? Very well could be.
• jerseymet May 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm

  Acosta goes first. Bring on Egbert.
• Russell Zanca May 21, 2012 at 2:34 pm

  If that bum stays, give Ike at least till the end of the Bucs series.
• any May 21, 2012 at 2:51 pm

  only way the move makes sense is that they still think there is a chance Acosta can rediscover what he had the 2nd half last season, and that they are trying to hoard as much pitching in the system as possible.

  this way, they have both guys for the time being. Though I gotta figure Acosta has pretty much played out all of his rope by now, so it may not be for long that he survives.

  I do like having Rotttino back up though.
• srt May 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm

  Keeping Acosta? Over Schwinden who can at least fill the long man role? I don’t get this. Someone will need to explain it to me…..
  • Mr North Jersey May 21, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    SRT I think Collins quote of being sure “that we wring the rag dry” to describe why Ike has not been sent down will fit here as well.
    • srt May 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm

      LOL…I missed that SA quote….
• Mr North Jersey May 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm

  Rottino in tonight’s lineup.

  Monday lineup at Pittsburgh: Torres-CF, Turner-2B, Wright-3B, Hairston-LF, Duda-RF, Rottino-1B, Cedeno-SS, Nickeas-C, Santana-LHP
  • srt May 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Oh boy….that’s one anemic line-up.
    Pittsburg’s got McCutchen in there, we’ve got Wright. After that, looks like it comes down to the pitching.
    • Mr North Jersey May 21, 2012 at 3:16 pm

      Torres has struggled over his last 9 games so it’s imperative that he gets it going so has Nickeas over his last 7 games but Rottino you have to think can’t do any worse than Ike has plus I like having Turner and Hairston in the lineup.
      • stick May 21, 2012 at 4:49 pm

        Torres becoming ice cold now too is another kick in the head the line up did not need.
  • Russell Zanca May 21, 2012 at 5:25 pm

    Shoot, we need Murph in there!
• Joey D. May 21, 2012 at 3:08 pm

  Despite his pathetic performance so far this season, Acosta has been one of our few bright spots out the bullpen the previous two years and has respectable seasons four of his five years with the Braves and Mets.

  To show how bad a year he is having thus far, from my rough math his poor 2012 start has raised his career ERA from 3.40 to 4.04. Just 20 innings added to the 200 he had entering the season has seen his lifetime average jump almost 2/3 a run per game,

  Let us hope this is just a very bad first quarter of the season and nothing more.
• jeff Scott May 21, 2012 at 3:13 pm

  Hope Rottino’s minor league success transends to the majors. The Mets need another spark. I think Baxter desrves more playing time when a righty is pitching. He has been right on the ball as David and Murph have been. Need Thole back too.
  • jerseymet May 21, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Play Baxter at first
    • srt May 21, 2012 at 5:22 pm

      When Terry was specifically asked a couple of days ago about getting Baxter’s bat in the line-up on a more consistent basis – and would he consider Baxter at 1st if Ike were sent down, Terry responded with something along the lines that he’s not inclined to play Baxter at 1st.
      Not exactly sure why……
• Joey D. May 21, 2012 at 3:50 pm

  I gather the reason Rottino was called up instead of either Josh Satin (who has played both corner infield positions and is hitting well at triple-A Buffalo) or Juan Lageres (who can play the outfield and is doing the same type of hitting at Double-A Binghampton) is because possibly being our future both need regular playing time unlike the 32 year old Rottino who is not and thus can afford long stretches sitting on the bench.
  • stick May 21, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    It really is normal to not call up top prospects to be spare parts, and likely yoyo up and down. If they aren’t ready (and it would be a stretch to say Lagares was close) and aren’t going to get regular PT, don’t call them up.

    Satin? he is not a prospect really. Probably at best he can spend some time in the majors as a utility bench guy, but he is more like Rottino than a real prospect you need to worry about.

    I assume Vinny got the call because he plays a few extra positions (having a 3rd catcher is always nice, especially considering the nominal starter at the moment isn’t much of a hitter!)
• Even Flow May 21, 2012 at 4:56 pm

  Meh. He’ll be released soon.
• matt sprung May 22, 2012 at 8:35 am

  Can anyone in our bullpen get someone out? I’m so tired of seeing the bullpen lose us game after game.