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2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Benjamin Grimm Mar 09 2014 05:25 PM

It was moderately popular last year, so we'll try it again this year. IPP stands for Individual Player Predictions. These will be threads where we share our expectations of how a player will perform in the current year. Feel free to make your predictions as specific or as vague as you like. (You can find a listing of the 2013 IPPs here.) Daisuke Matsuzaka will win the 5th starter job out of spring training and will stick in the rotation until he begins to suck or Noah Syndergaard gets promoted. He'll then spot start through the remainder of the season. 14 starts, 4.20 ERA.

Ashie62 Mar 09 2014 05:27 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

8 starts 4.66

Zvon Mar 09 2014 05:29 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

17 starts. 3.88 ERA.

TheOldMole Mar 09 2014 05:34 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Stays in the rotation, 11 wins.

d'Kong76 Mar 09 2014 05:59 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Will be decent, 8 wins maybe, some losses by bad luck.

Nymr83 Mar 09 2014 06:33 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

5th starter out spring, but 3 disaster starts in his first 5 lead the Mets to cut bait with him and give Mejia or Montero a try while waiting for Syndergaard.

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 09 2014 07:08 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Has a nice season, 11 wins, 3.80 era, stays in rotation after Thor's arrival because Gee and then Niese have injuries.

MFS62 Mar 09 2014 07:46 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

8 mid year starts, 4.37 ERA. Comes up when Niese has "tightness" in his arm, then traded when Niese comes back and one of the kids gets promoted. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 09 2014 10:34 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

I kinda like him. Will be motivated by circus following his countryman across town. Beats him when they line up as opposing starters in subway series. Walks too many guys. Goes 8-8, 4.40 In 24 starts 145 innings 130 ks 50 bbs

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2014 03:13 AM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Starts strong. Then... well, squint, and you'll swear you're watching Steve Trachsel in a bad year, with blurry vision of his own. I'm hoping he proves me wrong, but... blecch. 20 GS, 105 IP, 5-6 record, 4.87 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 80 K, 6.86 K/9, 3.4 BB/9, OH GOD the home runs

Edgy MD Mar 10 2014 03:31 AM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

I like him. That is... I just love the narrative, finding myself hard pressed to think of anybody so fully deserving of an unconditional release, somehow dodging it, reclaiming his season, and turning what was left of the season around to give the impression of a defensible campaign. I guess even better is Jose Valentin back in 2006, but even then, I didn't get the idea the sword was hanging over the guy's neck like it was over Matsuzaka's. Definitely the best Daisuke in Mets history. Hard to guess what he's going to do, but wouldn't it be something if he and Warthen found that key?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 10 2014 04:07 AM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

That Dice-K/Warthen stuff sure does seem like it'd make for a great flurry of pennant-race human-interest stories, wouldn't it?

Ceetar Mar 10 2014 03:45 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Gets a "Dice-K was on the 2014 Mets?!" from most fans by the end of the year.

smg58 Mar 10 2014 05:15 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Does OK as the fifth starter out of the box but gets displaced by Montero. Finishes the year in the pen and does pretty well.

metsmarathon Mar 10 2014 05:23 PM Re: 2014 IPP: Daisuke Matsuzaka

starts surprisingly strong. stays in the rotation due to his production, and the struggles/injuries of jon niese, until things fall apart suddenly in mid august, followed immediately by an injury. mets fans, predictably, lament the team's being in contention at mid season as a reason he is not flipped to a contender for prospects.