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Maine Hit Hard Again, 03/15/09

bmfc1 Mar 15 2009 11:28 AM

4 runs in the bottom of the first off Maine. Is it still too early to worry?

Edgy DC Mar 15 2009 11:37 AM

I don't know. How'd his side session go?

metirish Mar 15 2009 11:59 AM

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know. How'd his side session go? Dying over here ....

Edgy DC Mar 15 2009 12:11 PM

To his credit, his next three innings were scoreless. Castillo, Church and Sneider are the three regulars in the lineup.

Edgy DC Mar 15 2009 12:16 PM

Casey Fossum coming on.

Kong76 Mar 15 2009 01:05 PM

Pedro whispers are heating up again according to my sources.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 15 2009 01:32 PM Re: Maine Hit Hard Again, 03/15/09

bmfc1 wrote: 4 runs in the bottom of the first off Maine. Is it still too early to worry? No, it's not. Though, he's more or less been a worry for the last 12 months.

bmfc1 Mar 15 2009 01:59 PM

Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team.

smg58 Mar 15 2009 02:18 PM

bmfc1 wrote: Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team. It's encouraging that Maine finished a lot better than he started. I'd like to see a good start all the way through next time before I decide I'm not concerned. I wouldn't assume Robertson can't make the team, given that two spots are up for grabs. A bad outing or an injury by one of the guys ahead of him in the pecking order could put him in the mix. I do like the idea of having multiple relievers in Buffalo who won't kill you if you promote them, though.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 15 2009 03:13 PM

smg58 wrote: ="bmfc1"]Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team. I wouldn't assume Robertson can't make the team, given that two spots are up for grabs. A bad outing or an injury by one of the guys ahead of him in the pecking order could put him in the mix. I do like the idea of having multiple relievers in Buffalo who won't kill you if you promote them, though. Ahead of Robertson in the pecking order are a guy who impressed last year and has no minor-league options remaining (Stokes), two Rule V guys (O'Day and Cherry), a couple of guys with spot-start/long-relief experience (Figueroa and Knight) and a younger version of the first guy who has a 97-mph fastball with late sink and in whose successful development the organization has a vast interest (Parnell). While I'll grant your point about it being foolhardy to make assumptions about these sorts of things without having been privy to the actual behind-doors decision-making process, it would probably take one hell of a PSL taxi accident to get Robertson on the major-league roster for Opening Day.

bmfc1 Mar 15 2009 03:39 PM

There's still plenty of time to sort this out: the Mets have 18 practice games left. This ST season is so long that it should have an all-star break.