Putz heading back to NY for a medical exam

Edit: His bone spur is still giving him problems.

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Actual injury

You can’t just go from being that good to being that bad.

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 4, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions

hwhether it be elbow problems, bone spur or whatever. The fastball just isn’t there and the split is moving more akin to a forkball. Since alternating a delivery to allievate pain is a recipe for injuring some other part of him, I would shut him down at this point and call up Holt. Alright, kidding about Holt, he needs to start a couple of games in AA before he’ll be close to is innings count for the year, but man has Holt been lights out, really impressive considering where he was drafted. What was talking about again, oh yeah, call up Thole.

by Sokojoe on Jun 4, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

He was drafted the same place Wright was

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 4, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, but this kind of high upside

is usually reserved for high school players drafted late, not college players. Since college players have more data to analyze and are more polished, the ones with high upside don’t usually drop to the supplemental round.

by Sokojoe on Jun 4, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Although to show what I know,

I wanted Conor Gillaspie instead of Holt and was slightly disappointed when Holt was selected.

by Sokojoe on Jun 4, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I was hoping for Shooter Hunt

but the Mets seemed to know more than me, and good.

"What position do you play?"
"I bat third."

by Preach19 on Jun 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Call up the RuffRider, Eddie Kunz!!!

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

How about a starter (Niese, Knight or Figgy) and put Redding in the long-relief role

Note: Did not steal that from Cerrone. That was an independent thought.

by meigs1414 on Jun 4, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, that would be the actually smart idea.

Or maybe Fossum, he’s been good in AAA.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Hasn't Figgy been lights out?

just no run support.

"What position do you play?"
"I bat third."

by Preach19 on Jun 4, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Fossum is pitching for the Yankees AAA now.

by twon8 on Jun 4, 2009 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Wait, when did that happen?

I vaguely remember it, but…hmm.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions

don't joke about that

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Jun 4, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, I actually like Kunz more than most.

But still…nononononononononononononononononononononononononooooooo.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

might as well call up niese

i know he has not been that good in the minors but i’ll take him over tim redding

by JADDENHOPKINS on Jun 4, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Now it says its his bone spur problem

so he is in fact actually hurt. Apparently, he’s been pitching in pain recently.

by meigs1414 on Jun 4, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

I think he's legit hurt.

Unlike Ollie, that sonabitch.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

true

but he really did hurt himself in the minors

by JADDENHOPKINS on Jun 4, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Hurt himself by SUCKING AT LIFE

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Jun 4, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

So, he's hurt

and the Mets let him pitch. Because I love my manager Jerry, I bring not facts, but just a “feeling” that this shit has happened before.

by BlackOps on Jun 4, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

To be fair,

I could see JJ making the call here. He has an option for 8.6 mil next season with a 1 mil buyout. If he somehow managed to pitch well, he’s got to figure the Mets would pick that up, if he’s shut down for the season, I can’t see the Mets picking up the option as well as any other team given him that much coming back from surgery and two years of non-JJ peak stuff. With all that said, he should have done something about the problems in the offseason if he knew about it.

by Sokojoe on Jun 4, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Would he have been able to get the bone spur after the trade and still made it to ST?

Maybe he didn’t say anything so the trade could go through?

by metsman07 on Jun 4, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I dunno

I don’t think he was really thrilled to come here, seeing as he wouldn’t be able to close. He was “okay with it”, but he obviously wanted to close.

"What position do you play?"
"I bat third."

by Preach19 on Jun 4, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

He should get it operated on,

I doubt the recovery is any longer than six weeks, as he’s a RP and wont’ need to build up strength/endurance as Maine would have last year.

by twon8 on Jun 4, 2009 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

BREAKING NEWS: Reyes has slight hamstring tear

Believe it or not, this injury occurred during the extended spring training game he just played in and is separate and apart from the calf injury. Expect him to be out past the All-Star break.

"Never throw a slider to The Glider."

- Ed Charles, No. 5

by The Glider on Jun 4, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions

What in the name of God is going on with this team?? The need for a move or moves is looking more and more inevitable.

Putz needs surgery now? LOL. Creative way to get out of pitching….

by Stearnsfan12 on Jun 4, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions

Here is a graph via fangraphs showing Putz's velocity/usage over the past three years

I think it shows that while Putz’s velocity is down; Jerry used him in many more games in much shorter a time period than he’s been accustomed to. All his very high velocity games came after he had a good bit of time off. It’s too late to change how he has been used but I believe that Jerry is to blame for overusing him so often so early in the year.

by twon8 on Jun 4, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions