Comments on: MMO Minors Mailbag: Familia/Mejia – Starters Or Relievers

By: sarge69

sarge69 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:51:01 +0000

Hey Hugh, it would depend which one of the Pips?
I say let them each pitch as starters to see how their pitches and control improve.
Doesn’t make sense to put them BP until you see how they have improved because their Major League appearances were not impressive but you have to see what you can expect from them for future rotation, BP roles.

Not rushing them and allowing for development could possibly shape rotation and /or possible trade parts going forward.

By: Even Flow

Even Flow — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:10:32 +0000

Mejia should be in the rotation (no more screwing around with this guy!) and Familia should be in the pen until he gets that wildness under control. I can’t trust him as the game goes, starter wise.

By: Hank

Hank — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:19:08 +0000

Amen and amen.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:14:38 +0000

Bottomline here is if your not sure if they are Starters or Relievers then they should be starters until they convince you otherwise.

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:00:34 +0000

I like what we saw of Familia at end of year. I hope we keep him as a starter. I would use Mejia as a trade chip for an outfielder or catcher.

By: Javi

Javi — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:59:09 +0000

Mejia to the Pen. Familia to Vegas or Bingo to work on his secondary pitches as a starter.

By: stick

stick — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:34:23 +0000

they both should start in AAA because they both need more work/innings to get their overall “stuff” and control/approach to be ML ready. Not just 1 pitch they have no particular control over.

and the best way to do that is to be on a regular schedule in the rotation, to get more innings, and to have planned between start BP sessions to work on specific things.

if they get to the point where they seem to have plateaued, or for whatever reason seem to clearly not look like viable ML level SPs, then you can move them to the pen.

but IMO neither guy should break camp with the Mets in the pen, unless they have a huge improvement over the winter and really turn heads in ST, and of course, the pen has openings and the rotation doesn’t!

and no, it would not be locking either guy into the pen for their career.

By: Hank

Hank — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:26:18 +0000

Can we please give both of them a half a season in AAA starting before we pigeon-hole them into a bullpen role. The Mets keep citing Texas as an example for guys moving from bullpen to rotation. Look at Texas’ list of arm injuries and that should put an end to that madness.

Starting pitching depth is solid with Dickey, Niese, Santana, and Harvey. Gee if healthy, backed up by Hefner, McHugh and the Pips until Wheeler is ready. There’s is no need to put these kids in the bullpen without at least another year with them starting.