whatever happened to fogg? I guess misch is a lock for the pen. Nieve in the pen because he won’t pass waivers? 5th starter niese or figgy? With a couple of weeks before opening day maine and pelf still look horrible and ollie will be good ollie one start and bad ollie the next.
whose going to be our set up man(i think he will need an interpreter) and still the only pitcher i have any confidence in is santana.

    I don’t see where he’s ever been successful in the majors, his control is awful, his constant experiments have not lead to consistancy or improvement. Parnell needs work also. He has an upside, but he’s nothing special at the moment and getting beaten up in the bigs isn’t going to help his confidence. He needs to develop alternatives to his fastball. Maine, it’s too early to write off, but I don’t see setting him in cement in the rotation either. Ollie is Ollie, which means he’s not a dependable starter, and neither is Pelf. Nieve was lights out for a couple of starts and human thereafter last week, and not so good thus far, and Niese may or may not be ready (so far I’m not convinced, though I’d like to be). Meanwhile Calero is a question mark, Dessens is old, but probably as effective overall as Green or moreso, Takahashi looks good and should be on the roster – same with Figgy, and Misch doesn’t wow anyone, but his results aren’t any worse than Maine, Neive, Pelf, Ollie, Green or Parnell and he’s making peanuts. I’d prefer to see Mejia working regularly in Triple A to see what we have and to continue his development and Stoner could use some more chances to see what he can do. In sum, beyond Santana and Feliciano, there aren’t any proven, dependable major league pitchers on the staff (including Igarashi who hasn’t thrown a pitch in the majors yet), and there isn’t a whole lot of difference between those who’ll be retained on the roster and those who’ll be sent to the minors or released. And I don’t trust Jerry and Omar to pick the most promising from among the usual suspects and possible prospects.

I mean, he’s nothing special, and I wouldn’t want him to give him a major role in the bullpen, but he’s fine as a ROOGY. I actually think that with Calero, Igarashi, Figueroa, & Takahashi, the Mets have a good chance to develop a solid bullpen. Of course, it’s the rotation that has a whole lot of question marks.

     He ISN’T anything special, but his wild pitches and hit batsmen added to his walks and “nothing specialness” make him a thusfar “never was” and he’s holding a roster spot that could be filled by someone who might have an upside. I assume (always dangerous to do), that management is determined to “MAKE” him into something to justify the Seattle trade, of which he’s the only thing the Mets have to show, but thusfar, as a reliever, he’s more adept at pouring gasoline on fires, than putting them out.

What has he done? He didn’t just suck as a starter last year, he went a full month or two in the pen where he couldn’t get anyone out. Since he has options, it would be wise to move him down to start the year. Make him the Buffalo closer. Calero makes him more expendable. Calero needs to be on this opening day roster. Who do you have more faith in for the 8th inning – an untested Igorashi or Calero?

Green’s wildness does make him a liability. IF the mets are truly dedicated to having their relievers throw strikes this year, then Green could be sent packing. Righty only guys are pretty worthless in this league. A righty only reliever is a waste of a roster spot. A righty releiver has to at least be passable agains lefties. But, Green sadly makes a decent amount of money, so it’s highly unlikely they dump him. He’s here to stay, like it or not.

Depressing stuff:

Said the fifth starter is between Niese, Nieve and Tak2. Said Figueroa is not in consideration as a starter.

His Opening Day bullpen wouldn’t have Calero in it.

Has Jacobs as clear front-runner for final bench spot.

I guess we can hope he’s just wrong, but I’m afraid not.

it’s a fucking joke, end of story.