Comments on: Bobby Parnell Is A Completely Different Pitcher In 2012

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:01:27 +0000

Yes, he’s forced batters into providing grounders in critical situations only to see the ball go through the s/s wickets into the o/f. This infield has put a lot of pressure on Parnell unfairly and that has put a large negative impact upon his record. It’s very easy for fans to forget how well he has actually pitched when the performance is tainted by unerarned runs. That has happened to him several times. What happened about the concept of defense up the middle on this team? Hopefully, the defense will be improved with the return of Tejada.

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:09:55 +0000

Thanks all for the input.

By: Yeah

Yeah — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:39:23 +0000

Yeah. It wasnt too long ago that he let up some runs and blew a game. Has he gotten better? Yes. Is he still a reliable pitcher who i would trust to come in and shut the door of a ballgame? HELL NO

By: Des

Des — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:18:02 +0000

Metstheory22 — Catcher J.P. Arencibia has a low batting average (career .216), strikes out about 30% of his PA’s, has a SO/BB ratio of 4.46 (major league average is 2.26), has a CS% of 27% while the league average is 28%.

Wow, let’s make that trade. Not.

By: The Nameless One

The Nameless One — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:13:32 +0000

Doesn’t mean he hasn’t been good. I’ll take a 3.09 ERA any day of the week. Brydak’s fine, but his role is smaller. Again, I’m not saying he’s done enough to prove that he can be a good closer, but I don’t know how you can’t at least be happy with what he’s done this year.

By: Bayonne Mets Fan

Bayonne Mets Fan — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:37:55 +0000

Nice trade proposal MetsTheory! I’m on board

By: Even Flow

Even Flow — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:27:52 +0000

That’s the problem right there: He’s the best reliever in a cluster**** of a bullpen (although Byrdak may challenge that theory of being the best reliever, having the lowest H/9 with 4.4, the only reliever with a WHIP under 1 and the highest SO/9 with 10.) Not taking anything away from him, but when he’s put on the spot against a big time team and he succeeds, I’ll start to think otherwise.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:19:16 +0000

LOL no need to ap[ologize…just foolin with you…it’s pretty clear to anyone who has seen Parnell lastb year to this that something has changed.

It’s apparent he has turned a corner on his approach now if he can perfect it we might have a closer for a few years!

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:51:08 +0000

Haha Metsie my deepest apologies. I forgot you had a patent on positive thoughts regarding Bobby Parnell hahaha .

But seriously, Parnell has matured leaps and bounds from past years. When I interviewed him in September, he told me that he didn’t see a difference between closing and si
Setting up, but that didn’t translate on the field. Hopefully with this newfound maturity in 2012 it will continue to be a different story.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:39:51 +0000

While Parnell does seem “better”, I hope he’s not the second coming of Armando Benitez. Benitez was absolutely un-hittable most of the time. But the greater the pressure, the more likely Benitez was to spit the bit.

Even this year, I still see a hint of that with Parnell. I seriously hope he proves me wrong. We could really use a young, hard-throwing closer.

By: stick

stick — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:34:48 +0000

In concept, without really analyzing the catcher, hell yeah.

By: stick

stick — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:32:59 +0000

he was pitching when Jordany single handedly lost a game to the Nats, wasn’t he? And there was another (I think just before or after) where he again did a real good job, and the D let him down.

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:28:48 +0000

That’s an interesting proposal. I think I’d do it. Arencibia is still untapped and could be our C for a long time and if Murphy gets that deal done, do it.

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:16:29 +0000

Interesting idea. Although his power numbers probably are aided by Toronto’s park a bit

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:12:51 +0000

S/B–Gives us a righthanded bat with some pop.

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:11:47 +0000

Would anyone trade Daniel Murphy and a prospect (Not Wheeler or Harvey) for Toronto Catcher J.P. Arencibia. Gives some a righthanded bat with some pop.

By: The Nameless One

The Nameless One — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:47:37 +0000

I’m not ready to declare him the closer for the next ten years or anything like that, but the fact is he’s been their best reliever this year, and he’s looked pretty damn good for the most part. So he deserves some praise.

By: Even Flow

Even Flow — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:28:00 +0000

Agreed. I could’ve sworn there was an article like this earlier this season. Bottom line: let’s not get too excited about Parnell. Every time we do, we’re disappointed. The guy can still be streaky at times and in big spots. I’m not gonna be impressed over one outing against an unintimidating Dodger team they’re putting out right now.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:15:23 +0000

You Stealing my Material Clayton? LOL

I said the same exact things earlier today!

Metsie June 29, 2012 at 11:15 am .

Parnell is not the same Parnell we saw lose it last year. Something is different and it is more than just learning a new knucklecurve…

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2012/06/young-outduels-capuano-in-3-2-victory-over-the-dodgers.html

LOL and in case you didn’t know you have my full permission to do it anytimke you want because it’s true.

It’s not just the new pitch that has helped but the fact that he isn’t trying to break the radar gun that has helped his control and walks…

Another thing to note is he has more GB outs than anyone else in the pen.
Even more than Bautista if I’m not mistaken but it’s hard to say since Bautista’s stats have a few starts in there as well.

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:05:57 +0000

I actually hadn’t noticed those drastic splits. But as for the save opportunities, he has gotten bad luck. There was that one game where the defense blew it despite Parnell pitching incredible in that crazy game I believe in late May or early june on the road.

Granted he still has a ways to go, Parnell has made terrific strides from that 24 year old being jostled from the rotation to the back of the ‘pen.