Mejia as a starter has way more value than as a reliever. He has pitched well as a starter but very bad as a reliever.

So if the Mets logic and yours is that you rather have a pitcher with ace potential pitching badly out of the BP because that’s where he is needed regardless of results, then you are qualified to work for the Mets.

The way I see is that Mejia in the rotation becomes a valuable trade chip even if they Mets decide to trade for proven relievers later on.

The Mets (and pretty much every independent source) feel he is not capable of doing that and he is best suited for the bullpen. That, coupled with the fact the Mets have two better prospects that are almost MLB ready, means he is destined for the bullpen.

He is going to have to learn to be a reliever, just like Familia, beacuse (1) that’s where the Mets need them and (2) that’s where the scouts think they will be most effective.

Why do you want to make a reliever out of a starter who is pitching to the tune of 1+ era?

Donal, he was in the rotation so if you are just being sarcastic, at least try to make sense.

You can argue that Mejia has a better future as a starter than Familia. Also, if the Mets need a reliever, why don’t they bring up Beato who is pitching very well out of the pen.

Jenrry was a guy who threw almost as many BB’s as he had K’s. He had 5.1 K/9 but 4.6 BB/9. He gave up 10.6 H/9 to accompany a WHIP of 1.692. Future projections for Jenrry are difficult to estimate.

Aaron Heilman thought he should be a starting pitcher too. Aaron was a big guy, much bigger than Jenrry. He too didn’t have enough good secondary pitches. But he was good enough to pitch at the big league level for nine years. I hope Jenrry has a long career too, even if he shares some of Aaron’s middle of the pack parameters.

Help me out, when is Mejia’s next start?

So, care to elaborate on your “point”?

Better yet, don’t. You are just going to repeat the same debunked nonsense.

so just because they (may have) made a decision to move him into a pen role now does not make them incompetent or stupid, just because you think otherwise. They may not be right ultimately, but they have to live with the results.

and sometimes, you make short term decisions to help the big club win, since after all, hasn’t that been a big bone of contention with the anti-Sandy crowd (he isn’t doing enough to win RIGHT NOW?)

This organization is very hard to root for because even with 4 or 5 in-house GM’s, they still make the wrong decisions. Why is it hard to figure out that Mejia is a better starter than a reliever? that he would have more value as a starter? that he hasn’t failed as a starter?

So far the only thing that Sandy can do better than Omar is hold a press conference.

As for going from starter to pen and back to starter I feel that is a disservice to him. Will it have a effect on the physical nature of his ARM, I don’t think any of us can truthfully say we know because we don’t know what his regime is.

what they really screwed up in 2010 was taking away the development time for his overall stuff and control, then not even using him when he was here (other than sporadic mop up duty). Plus it started his option clock well before it should have

Pitchers though move from the pen to the rotation all the time. Even more so in the minors. It makes perfect sense if you aren’t sure about a guys ultimate role or are looking to keep innings down. The immediate need on the ML club is only part of it.

never mind pitchers have been starting in the pen before getting a rotation shot since the early days of BB. sometimes to break them in slowly, and sometimes purely from need (wainright?)

Hows that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_8YxDQYCo