Jun
4
2012

Chris Young Starts On Tuesday, Mets Rotation Set For Nats/Yanks Series

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Manager Terry Collins announced that right-hander Chris Young will make his long anticipated return to the rotation on Tuesday when the Mets begin a big three game series against the Nationals.

Young will be on a strict pitch count and is expected to throw between 80-85 pitches, with a limit of 90 according to Collins. Miguel Batista will also be back and will most likely back up Young after his day is done.

Young, who has missed the last 13 months after shoulder surgery, will be making his first start since May 1, 2011.

Additionally, Collins confirmed that R.A. Dickey will not pitch on short rest as he indicated yesterday, but will get his normal four days of rest instead. Jeremy Hefner will now get the start on Wednesday in his place. Apparently, Dickey was not thrilled about pitching on three days rest. I don’t blame him.

These moves mean that both Johan Santana and Jon Niese will get a full week of rest before making their next starts against the Yankees.

So here’s the rotation for the upcoming Nationals and Yankees series:

Tuesday – Chris Young vs Nationals
Wednesday – Jeremy Hefner vs Nationals
Thursday – R.A. Dickey vs Nationals
Friday – Johan Santana vs Yankees
Saturday – Jon Niese vs Yankees
Sunday – Dillon Gee vs Yankees

It kind of puts R.A. Dickey in the No. 1 spot in the rotation, followed by Santana, Niese, Gee and Young.

By the way, here is an SNY screenshot that shows how effective the Mets rotation has been in their last 14 starts in which they have gone 10-0.

Photo Credit: MetsBlog

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6 Comments + Add Comment

Metsie June 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm

I’m a little concerned about starting off a series as important as the one with the Nats with a rehabbing Young and the rookie Hefner.

Hefner has been a good pitcher not really a knock on him but it does worry me that our two most unproven pitchers are starting that series.

Not that Terry has much of a choice due to Dickey and Santana going 9 the last few days.

Lets hope Young is really ready and him or Hefner can win us at least one. I have faith in Dickey to get us the rubber match!
- Hodges14 June 4, 2012 at 4:27 pm
  
  Yep, totally agree. Very little foresight by Collins into the importance of this series. Since Saturday and then again today after his bullpen, Johan keeps saying he’s fine and he feels great. An extra days rest would have been fine, but a whole week was kind of a dumb idea and I hope we dont pay for it in the Nats series.
  - Metsie June 4, 2012 at 4:48 pm
    
    The only good news (and considering it may not be so good either LOL) in all of this is the fact that we play the Yanks right after the Nats which should remove the need to pinch hit for our Starters just to drive in runs and make having to go to the pen early in the Young and hefner starts not a big problem.
    
    But the way our pen has been that still doesn’t help us for the nats just the Yankees.
  - srt June 4, 2012 at 5:23 pm
    
    According to Terry, this is how it went down.
    
    They were not allowing Johan to pitch on regular’s day rest. They wanted to give him at least an extra day.
    
    RA said he could have pitched on Wed, allowing Johan to pitch on Thursday. Problem was Terry couldn’t find anyone else but RA who thought it was a good idea for him to pitch on short rest.
    
    Terry did not want to pitch Johan on Thrs and Dickey on Fri, therefore – again – altering Dickey’s routine for getting ready to pitch on normal rest. Not with a guy who has a 8-1 record.
    
    Johan didn’t want to disrupt RA’s schedule either. He said he was fine with the 2 days extra rest and going on Friday. He said this year, with the off days, etc., he has felt better with the extra rest. As long as they didn’t skip over his start completely, Friday was fine with him.
Angelo June 4, 2012 at 6:21 pm

i have no problem getting 1 out of 3 against the Nats and 2out of 3 against the yankees LGM
jerseymet June 5, 2012 at 10:20 am

I was disappointed that Egbert did not get a fair chance with the Mets. In his only outing he came in with 2 men on and one out. He then got the next two batters out. His reward for this excellent outing was to waste on the bench. Rausch, Ramires and Francisco are expensive options for the bullpen. They are Sandy’s decision so they play or get parked on th DL.

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