Acosta-lypse Now Playing For Japan

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• Satish Ram December 13, 2012 at 8:18 pm

  Acosta had great stuff, and showed flashes of brilliance, but he could never put it together for too long.

  Best wishes.
  • Hawk December 14, 2012 at 9:59 am

    Maybe a different pitching coach would have helped.
• Ben December 13, 2012 at 8:30 pm

  Can’t implode on the mound at Citi from Japan! Woohoo!
• Joey D. December 13, 2012 at 9:40 pm

  Best of luck in Japan, Manny….,

  but don’t forget the future of U.S – Japanese relations might hang in the balance.
• sallybaby December 13, 2012 at 9:52 pm

  Good luck. Be sure not to give up any walk off grand slams.
• ifthevansrockin December 13, 2012 at 10:20 pm

  never understood how every year he could be so different in the first have to the second half. Historically bad vs. at least decent. strange.
• Hitman December 13, 2012 at 10:52 pm

  Thank goodness. I was worried the Mets would snatch him up again.
  • Satish Ram December 14, 2012 at 3:16 am

    This belongs on the Andres Torres post lol
• Lareplus December 14, 2012 at 12:05 am

  Who’s going to be in the bullpen, it’s looking rather weak. A nice selection of starters with nobody to come in later in the game is kind of scary.
  • taskmaster4450 December 14, 2012 at 10:12 am

    It was rather weak to begin with. Not resigning Acosta helps….remember the bombing he took in Colorado. Sadly, there were too many of them. Time to try someone else…anyone else.
• Metstheory22 December 14, 2012 at 7:20 am

  Significant move. Things are looking up for us. He was bad when it counted and once we dropped out he was good.
• Russell Zanca December 14, 2012 at 10:07 am

  See, another improvement for the 2013 Mets. Improvement by attrition.
• 3D December 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm

  Acosta, like every other pitcher on the Mets, was hurt by the terrible defense. Even when he was struggling badly, with an 11 ERA at the time he was sent down, his FIP was only around 5.50.

  In the second half, when he came back from that injury and demotion, he allowed a 1.78 ERA, .148/.242/.182 opponents’ slash line, and struck out 23 in 25 innings. His final xFIP for the season was only 4.41.

  I think people overrate how bad he was because, like every other pitcher on the Mets, he got dinked and dunked to death for the first 3 months, because the Mets were running a little league defense out there with Bay, Hairston, Duda and Murphy, sometimes all on the field at the same time.
• 3D December 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm

  I would have liked to keep Acosta as a spare part as he has been really good for the Mets outside those 30 or whatever innings at the start of 2012. But it is what it is. I wish him well.