MajorRanger35

Delcos on his blog today:

We just finished with Willie Randolph and he said neither Mike Pelfrey nor Phil Humber are being considered to work out of the pen in the playoffs.

There’s not enough time left to experiment with Pelfrey and Humber has never done it.

As far as choosing Lawrence over Humber for tonight, Randolph said it is because the former is more on his rotation.


Well, so much for my "Pelfrey as the long man, Sele and Mota playing golf" October plan.

Rey-YES

No surprise there, really. In the unlikely event that Mota is dropped, Smith would be much more likely than either of those 2 to be the replacement. Only injuries would create another vacancy.

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metman

Wonderful. I really do wonder what would happen to Buchholz and Joba if they were in our farm system. I'm dead serious...

Green Must Go

Don't count that out.

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Rey-YES

Dead serious and dead wrong! Did Smith and Pelfrey make the team out of ST or not? After being sent down, did Pelfrey get numerous "second chances" or not?

Did Bannister, Ring, Bell and others get shots in '05 and '06 or not?

The opportunities were there.

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Big Denny

Bannister never really got a shot. I mean, he pitched well and then got hurt and never really had a chance again.

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NickPapagiorgio

Maybe we should worry about making the playoffs before we worry about our playoff roster Willie.

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METSSC

sele and lawrence all the way. Gotta have experience

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Paulie Cee

No matter how traumatic that experience might be.

Gregory Gewirtz

On a practical level, I doubt there's room for either Pelfrey or Humber on the postseason roster, especially if Joe Smith is a legitimate contender for a spot. That said, an impressive September by either guy coupled with lousy performances from fringy veterans could force Willie to change his mind. I'm not bothered by these comments.

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NickPapagiorgio

Again this whole thread is going to be ****ing moot when we miss the playoffs.

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MetfanBren

Pitched well while walking a ridiculous tight-rope every time out you mean. He's been able to improve on the Trachsel like K:BB ratio in KC. Looks like a terrible deal now, but who would have noticed had he not done that in KC? What do you think it would have looked like around here if he'd had an April with 17 BB's and 14 K's like 2006? The 2.89 ERA would surely not be celebrated...

metman

LOL - dead serious and dead wrong he says. You're funny.

They had chances due to injuries. I'm talking about chances to make an impact when it matters. Where is Smith or Humber now? Pelf only came up because the other 20 turds failed.

In 162 games, even rookie haters play rookies. But I am NOT convinced Willie would let Joba take over Mota's spot (Or Omar). I just feel they are too veteran dependant IF they had their choice. Why SHOULD I feel otherwise? Maybe I am wrong. But I highly doubt a AA prospect in Joba or Buchholz would get a shot.

You realize Pelf was AAA. Those kids were AA. Kinda the point I was making about being open minded. Only briefly was buchholz used in AAA, but it was clear he'd get his shot. I doubt Willie/Omar would cut Mota for any of them. If they would, why didn't they do that now for Pelf. Or within the last month?

Or Humber? Why not just rest Smith instead of demote him? Yet keep **** like Sele/Mota? Anybody? Sorry, not buying it. The fact that Willie REFUSES to even CONSIDER pelf on the post-season roster is why I CANNOT take this idiot seriously.

Bay Ridge Dave

I realize they did what they did (Hughes, Kennedy, Joba) out of desperation, but to the Yankees credit, once these kids showed they can produce at this level, they stuck with them, and have yet to remove any of them "just because" the veteran needs to be in those spots.

Even Mussina (a long time veteran who has oodles of pennant chase experience) was bounced to the pen because he was pitching like crap....and Kennedy got his chance. Mussina got a start recently because Clemens was "hurt"... Would the Mets had done the same if Glavine (for example) was pitching that badly? I doubt it.

The Mets need to be bold here. I wouldn't even consider clowns like Mota, Sele, Lawrence "safe" choices.. they all suck.

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I would have started Humber tonight, but people seem to be under the false impression that he pitched a whole season last year and is actually further removed from TJ surgery than he is. Brian Lawrence sucks, so people become oblivious to the fact that Humber threw all of 74.1 innings in 2006, while putting in 140 plus already this year. That's a tremendous jump for someone who's still trying to undo the curse of Rice...