The Mets Police

So you say you want Pedro Martinez to start every 5th day for the Mets.

You must hate the bullpen.

Let's take a look at 2008.

April 1.  Pedro goes 3.1 innings in a road loss.  BULLPEN gets to get 18 outs.


June 3rd:  9 outs for the bullpen


June 8th:  9 outs


June 15th:  9 outs.

I get it.  I see your Pedro fantasy.  Now the reality sets in.

June 21:   hey bullpen we need 18 outs (so we can lose anyway) thanks! 


June 27:  10 outs


July 2:  9 outs in a road loss (8 defensive innings)


July 7:  11 outs


July 12:  15 outs from the pen!!!  Pedro didn't give up a run, and the Mets won - but he was Four Inning Pedro.

I'm tired of typing.  The Mets went 4 and 7 in Pedro starts the rest of the way.   Pedro's IP were 5, 6.1, 6, 7, 7 (that's more like it), 5, 6, 4, and 6, 6, 6.   The 6-6-6 is ironic, not because Pedro is the devil but because since June 6, 2006 (6/6/06) Pedro was pretty much useless  as I discussed here.

Let Pedro head off to LA, and he can enjoy Old Timers Day in Boston where he belongs.   I don't know who the future is, but it's not this guy.   The Mets would be better off with a 5th starter who went 3 and 21 but averaged 7 innings than someone who only totaled 109 innings in twenty starts.  I'll try my luck with Niese.

Shout out to Mike's Mets  on doing the hard-work of stats compiling.



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