blueNorange wrote:martinez yes ... mejia no.
mejia on the roster would be the dumbest thing this organization would do -- not surprising though. mejia needs to be in AA to stretch his arm, the most innings he's thrown in a season was 94 ... i don't want 70 innings out of him as a reliever, i want 200 innings out of him as a starter.
and before you bring up guys like pedro, santana, wainright, etc they've all thrown 150+ innings in a season, they could take the load. relievers are guys who aren't effective as starters where as mejia has a career 2.8 era as a starter in the minors.
his goal should be 140 innings and then 190 next year WITH the mets AS a STARTER. if you want him to come up then if the mets are in it during august you call him up for 25-30 innings out of the bullpen. this isn't some pitching prospect with 1 good pitch, this is a pitching prospect with ace stuff ... mets shouldn't screw it up even though they will because that's the mets ... nothing goes right.
Relievers turning into starters with success are rare and something that really shouldn't be attempted much. I'm interested to see Morrow this year with that...
However everything I read and see I like his stuff. I know that as Met fans we have to be patient with young arms since we don't want anything like Generation K again, but still Mejia is real easy to get behind. All of the support that he has gotten thus far has been amazing.
Honestly at this point Escobar, Nieve, Niese, Figs and Parnell don't excite me at all as the fifth starter. I just think if you have the stuff to pitch, then pitch. I really can't stand this coddling of pitchers.
