Comments on: Harvey Won’t Debut On Saturday, No Chance Wheeler Is A Met In 2012

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:45:57 +0000

I read his comments as, Harvey is not starting his career at Citifield. Maybe his next scheduled start away. Wheeler will take someones spot in AAA.(Harvey) when they come up.

By: Amazin

Amazin — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:07:46 +0000

Tell us one more time JESSUP, about the good bullpen your lord gave us!!!!!! I trhink you are the last one, well second to last, behind Sandra to tell us about pitchers.

By: trs86

trs86 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:09:45 +0000

I am no Batista fan but do you know his ERA as a starter? 4.00 this year, 2.42 last year. You can do much worse as a fill in guy.

By: jdon

jdon — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:02:34 +0000

Anyone else but Batista. How about 9 guys for an inning a piece. It we are tied: forfeit.

By: mitch petanick

mitch petanick — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:05:18 +0000

That was the first time I have seen Harvey pitch and wasn’t overly impressed. One of the things I noticed that will be a cause for concern at the big league level was that his fastball was flat, had zero movement, and he was leaving it up in the zone. While a 95mph fastball will overpower minor league hitters, at the big league level they will tee off on that. If he can keep the fastball down in the zone and change speeds he will be successful, but there were some pitches that he threw last night that would have been rocked had it had been major leaguers in the batters box.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:13:44 +0000

Minor league batting statistics will predict major league stats withe almost the same reliability as major league stats.

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By: Hoegy

Hoegy — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:56:49 +0000

I am leery of this “try something new” in what could amount to a few days before Citi premier. Other than giving Nitkowski a shot vis a vis Sheets what are the alternatives? Familia is not even indirectly referred to as a possibility. I’m on the fence leaning towards let him experience the next level. I agree this is no Doc Gooden but does such a person really exist. We need to see Harvey and our bats need to be the Wallbangers.

LGM!

By: jessep

jessep — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:38:40 +0000

After watching Harvey last night, I came to the conclusion that if the Mets slip to or under .500 before his next scheduled start that he will be called up.

By: Des

Des — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:20:20 +0000

“This was by no means a slam-dunk for Harvey, but still a very solid effort.” — Joe D.

My thoughts precisely. Also, despite the mostly pros and fewer cons in the game, one game does not make a season. If Matt keeps this up over 3-5 games, it gets closer to a slam dunk.

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:03:24 +0000

Hi Martin,

While this might not ever apply to Harvey, we’ve seen too many a young guy playing well in triple A never cut it in the majors. Less than nine percent of all minor league players make it to the big show at all and a lot of those are ones who performed well in triple A.

This only means that no matter how promising or talented a prospect is, that is not a guarantee of success. Just last season Brad Emaus, with a .289 hitter for his three years at triple-A, was thought highly enough by the front office that they selected him as a rule five draft pick and was handed the job at second base. Prior to the Mets, he was not called up by Toronto despite hitting well at triple-A.

By: martin

martin — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:08:53 +0000

he is almost certainly coming up very soon, maybe tomorrow, and will be good. in general teams are way too hesitant to call up young players. if young guy is playing well in triple A, he will likely play well in the bigs.

By: The Nameless One

The Nameless One — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:49:53 +0000

But his control wasn’t very good in the first five innings, either.

By: Joey D.

Joey D. — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:48:17 +0000

I would be most interested in what the scouts watching him had to say about his stuff, his mechanics and his command. As we can see from just the small sample of responses here, there is a divide despite what appeared to be a very good performance statistical wise.

It was interesting to note that Harvey went with a new grip tonight and ditched his change up. It might have yielded good results but also shows he is still in the learning stage due to experimenting with something new. If that is the case, it might be best to wait a bit more with his call up so Backman and crew – who know more about his mechanics at this point than anyone else – can continue giving him that specialized type of attention he could not get in the majors from others a bit less familiar with him.

A few weeks more won’t matter for in the case of Harvey, the needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many (as Mr. Spock might say).

By: Even Flow

Even Flow — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:42:04 +0000

1) Wasn’t in love with his control (4 walks after 5.1 IP was a big drawback). Fell behind a lot of hitters.
2) Needs to get ahead in the count with hitters.
3) Needs improvement with location w/ secondary stuff. If he does that in the big leagues, the results won’t be pretty.

I liked how the kid seemed to bear down with runners on, gave up a ton of groundballs and had a no-hitter going through 5, but ultimately, I think he needs more time in AAA. You can call it nerves all you want, but I saw something else. The Mets may call him up anyway, so if they do, good luck kid. You’ll really need it.

By: Seligman

Seligman — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:39:11 +0000

His lack of command will not translate well in the majors. No way should he be promoted.

By: srt

srt — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:23:34 +0000

Well, that’s 7 more Harvey starts than I’ve seen so I’ll take your word for it.

By: Kymets

Kymets — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:08:35 +0000

Pretty well pitched game not overly dominate

By: Lifelongmetsfan

Lifelongmetsfan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:02:27 +0000

It’s like Mike Pelfrey all over again. Why bring him up? Let him develop this new off-speed grip or whatever he is tinkering with and get his control figured out. I say leave Harvey in Buffalo and let him develop. Harvey is no Dwight Gooden. What’s the rush? We are a .500 team with Harvey or without Harvey.
I’d rather see Familla then Harvey if we are set on bringing up a prospect up to replace Gee We’re being played again! “Let’s bring up the sexy pitching stud so they {fans} won’t notice as much of the let down as we slowly and painfully drop out f contention.”
How about getting us a power right handed bat?
How about getting us a closer? Or at least one solid go-too bullpen arm?
Matt Harvey needs to be left alone to work out these control issues at Buffalo.
Fellow Met fans! I beg of you Do NOT be distracted by the shiny object being dangled in front of you by the evil men!

By: Fonzie13

Fonzie13 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:01:52 +0000

I’ve watched a minimum of 8 of Harvey’s starts and tonight was pretty much a typical Harvey perfomance. He had looked sharper with his command recently. Tonight he pitched like he had earlier in the year but he managed to get it together enough to keep them off the board. That’s if Satin turns that DP which he should’ve.