Friday, July 29, 2005
Is This The End?
When you send Pedro Martinez to the mound, you expect to win. When you face a rookie with an 8.25 ERA, you expect to win. When you send Pedro the the mound against a guy with an 8.25 ERA...
...you lose.
Last night's loss probably signals the Mets squandered their final chance to be contenders in 2005, as they now fall 3 behind Houston while facing unfavorable pitching matchups twice come the weekend. If the Mets fall further behind Houston, there's very little chance of Houston being caught. They're on the same roll they got on last year, and seem destined for greater things than the 2005 Mets have in store.
You can't blame it on Pedro. Petey went 8 innings of 2 run ball, and threw 117 pitches on four days rest. (Remember, Pedro's only an 100 pitch pitcher? He can't pitch on normal rest?) While Martinez has proven the critics wrong, myself included, the Mets have made the skeptics look quite smart on this road trip, validating the opinions of those that say this is just a .500 team.
Trade rumors were swirling about Alfonso Soriano throughout the late afternoon last night and into the evening, and Aaron Heilman, Victor Zambrano, and Mike Cameron were mentioned as possible bait along with top prospects Lastings Milledge and Yusmiero Petit. I know this sounds crazy, but if the Mets had won last night, I'd do the deal to get Soriano into Houston tonight. Since the Mets lost, though, I'd forget it and stay put at the deadline.
1-9, 7.11; 1-7, 4.09
Those are the numbers on the newest Yankee, Shawn Chacon, over the past two seasons.
Impressive, huh? Well, the Yankees are so pitching starved a warm body would do, and they hope an escape from the thin air of Colorado and some more run support can turn Chacon into a viable option. He'll be a starter in the short term, and probably a bullpen guy down the road when Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright return.
The Yanks beat Minnesota behind Aaron Small yesterday. Small's had two good starts with the Yankees, and retired the last 12 batters he faced. Odds are, however, this guy implodes like Darrell May and Tim Redding did. Give him one more start before the wheels come off the track.
Today's Schedule
Twins (Silva, 7-4, 3.38) @ Red Sox (Miller, 3-4, 4.57)
Angels (Santana, 5-4, 5.64) @ Yankees (Mussina, 10-5, 3.83)
Mets (Benson, 7-3, 3.14) @ Astros (Rodriguez, 5-4, 6.18)
...you lose.
Last night's loss probably signals the Mets squandered their final chance to be contenders in 2005, as they now fall 3 behind Houston while facing unfavorable pitching matchups twice come the weekend. If the Mets fall further behind Houston, there's very little chance of Houston being caught. They're on the same roll they got on last year, and seem destined for greater things than the 2005 Mets have in store.
You can't blame it on Pedro. Petey went 8 innings of 2 run ball, and threw 117 pitches on four days rest. (Remember, Pedro's only an 100 pitch pitcher? He can't pitch on normal rest?) While Martinez has proven the critics wrong, myself included, the Mets have made the skeptics look quite smart on this road trip, validating the opinions of those that say this is just a .500 team.
Trade rumors were swirling about Alfonso Soriano throughout the late afternoon last night and into the evening, and Aaron Heilman, Victor Zambrano, and Mike Cameron were mentioned as possible bait along with top prospects Lastings Milledge and Yusmiero Petit. I know this sounds crazy, but if the Mets had won last night, I'd do the deal to get Soriano into Houston tonight. Since the Mets lost, though, I'd forget it and stay put at the deadline.
1-9, 7.11; 1-7, 4.09
Those are the numbers on the newest Yankee, Shawn Chacon, over the past two seasons.
Impressive, huh? Well, the Yankees are so pitching starved a warm body would do, and they hope an escape from the thin air of Colorado and some more run support can turn Chacon into a viable option. He'll be a starter in the short term, and probably a bullpen guy down the road when Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright return.
The Yanks beat Minnesota behind Aaron Small yesterday. Small's had two good starts with the Yankees, and retired the last 12 batters he faced. Odds are, however, this guy implodes like Darrell May and Tim Redding did. Give him one more start before the wheels come off the track.
Today's Schedule
Twins (Silva, 7-4, 3.38) @ Red Sox (Miller, 3-4, 4.57)
Angels (Santana, 5-4, 5.64) @ Yankees (Mussina, 10-5, 3.83)
Mets (Benson, 7-3, 3.14) @ Astros (Rodriguez, 5-4, 6.18)
# posted by Dave @ 11:43 AM 
