Pelfrey has his own tag? Now I'm totally jealous.

I never get the Repoz references, but get this one. That doesn't say much for my musical tastes, or ability to wash horrible 80s music* out of my brain.

*I acknowledge that this might be properly considered a redundancy.

If you can't make it there, you can't make it anywhere. Its up to you, New York, New York.

I have been blissfully avoiding most things Mets for the past few months, but I feel like it's time for me to start punishing myself again.

I'm guessing the rotation is following:

Santana
Dickey
Niese
Pelfrey
Gee

Who would they replace Pelfrey with if they cut him? None of Mejia/Familia/Harvey/Wheeler/someone else I'm either forgetting or not familiar with are particularly close to being ready, right? So they're not going to release Pelfrey, but who's first in line to step in when Santana gets hurt or Pelfrey and/or Gee are totally useless?

Watching Pelfrey pitch is truly painful, but, as the article points out, cutting him wouldn't really help anyone except the Wilpons. Let him pitch, hopefully he looks OK for the first couple months, then try to get some minor league depth for him.

Also, is Davis supposed to be ready for opening day? That would make the lineup the following:

Torres - CF
Duda - RF
Wright - 3B
Davis - 1B
Murphy -2B
Bay - Lf
Thole - C
Tejada - SS

Is that right? Maybe switch Duda and Murphy in the order, but those seem like they have to be the principals. It won't be the worst lineup in the league, but there are way too many spots in the lineup that will be providing no power whatsoever, and things could get ugly against LHPs.

If you moved this team to a different division, they might be able to win 80 games with health and a bit of luck. Fun times ahead.

who's first in line to step in when Santana gets hurt or Pelfrey and/or Gee are totally useless?

I'd guess Schwinden.

I never get the Repoz references, but get this one

Well...

Yes, I say cut him. Of course I was saying they should've non-tendered him.

First bbtf intro to actually make me laugh out loud.

Also, until this thread I thought the original was by duran duran and that the execrable modern pile of #### was the black eyed peas. I always learn the weirdest things at this site.

I wonder if Pelfrey will ever get a chance in the bullpen. He was known to be a one-pitch pitcher even back in college, and it's a problem that he never surmounted.

That they didn't non-tender Pelfrey is an absolute joke. It's mismanagement bordering on fireable, and if it was Minaya instead of Alderson everyone would be railing about it. Look at the guys available this offseason, just a sampling, and through the letter J only:

Mark Buehrle CWS, Bruce Chen KC Aaron Cook COL * Ryan Dempster CHC * Justin Duchscherer OAK Zach Duke ARI * Jeff Francis KC Freddy Garcia NYY Jon Garland LAD Aaron Harang SD Rich Harden OAK Livan Hernandez WAS Edwin Jackson STL

Pelfrey is better than most of these guys, but honestly, how much? Jeff Francis just signed for $2M.

I've been rather surprised by how tame the reaction has been to the news about Wright having a torn muscle in his back. I know he's downplaying its seriousness, but a torn muscle sounds like something that could be problematic. Right?

who's first in line to step in when Santana gets hurt or Pelfrey and/or Gee are totally useless?


I'd guess Schwinden.

Probably Batista.

That they didn't non-tender Pelfrey is an absolute joke. It's mismanagement bordering on fireable, and if it was Minaya instead of Alderson everyone would be railing about it.

Pelfrey's 200 innings would be hard to replace for less money, even at 90 ERA+.

Pelfrey's 200 innings would be not so hard to replace for less money, even at 90 78 ERA+.

FTFY

I never get the Repoz references, but get this one

Well...

I still think 'Flo Rida' sounds like it should be the name of a drain cleaner.

Speaking of the Mets, I notice Kevin Mulvey is back.

Christ, there's no real point to cutting him at this point. Let him at least try and be the fifth starter if nothing else. Then just jam him into long relief if he tanks. I understand the reasoning behind wanting to cut him, but bizarrely enough it seems just too complicated and pointless.

In Picard/Wilpon/Rakoff news, a settlement has been reached. Sandomir says it is for $162 million.

https://twitter.com/#!/RichSandomir/status/181733250073497601

Speaking of the Mets, I notice Kevin Mulvey is back.

Rhymes with a female body part.

Pelfrey's 200 innings would be not so hard to replace for less money, even at 90 78 ERA+.


FTFY

ZIPS has him at 86.

In Picard/Wilpon/Rakoff news, a settlement has been reached. Sandomir says it is for $162 million.

Apparently they will pay nothing for 3 years. Probably means they will be able to hang onto the Mets. I'm disappointed that Picard didn't get more, but probably more disappointed that these hucksters get to hold onto the team.

Sure, Ollie Perez would pick up the phone if the Mets paid him $36 million to listen.

One of the central theses of Megdal's e-book is that there is no way Picard would settle. Whoops.

I know I'm a broken record on this, so I am sorry, but how the Mets couldn't "afford" to keep Reyes, yet throw ~$15M at Francisco, Rauch, Pelfrey, and Ramirez is beyond me.

Reyes cost $91 million more than that.

Plus, thetailor, the longest commitment to any of those 4 players is 2 years to Francisco. They would have had to commit to Reyes, about whom there are injury concerns, for at least 6 years, 5 of them during his 30s. Chances are his performance would decline just as the Mets would become competitive again and while they are paying him $22 million/year.