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Eric O'Flaherty

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2015 08:49 PM

Mets acquire him from Oakland for a PITA. Alex Torres DFAed.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2015 08:51 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

30 y.o. Loogy having a bad year but a good track record.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2015 08:51 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Remember his from his Braves days when Atlanta always seemed to have at least a half-dozen LHRs in their bullpen. Can't say I'll miss ATorres too much. Wasn't a bad idea and was kind of necessary after Edgin went down suddenly, but just too many walks to stomach. This is maybe an acknowledgement too that Blevins still isn't all that close.

RealityChuck Aug 04 2015 09:06 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Sandy is really going all-in, isn't he?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2015 09:25 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets acquire him from Oakland for a PITA. Alex Torres DFAed. Did anyone notice I wrote PITA when I meant PTBNL?

metirish Aug 04 2015 09:31 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets acquire him from Oakland for a PITA. Alex Torres DFAed. Did anyone notice I wrote PITA when I meant PTBNL? I did but I took PITY on you seriously, Torres had to go .....

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2015 09:34 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets acquire him from Oakland for a PITA. Alex Torres DFAed. Did anyone notice I wrote PITA when I meant PTBNL? I just assumed we had traded Torres away for an animal rights advocate - and I was OK with that.

Ceetar Aug 04 2015 10:43 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets acquire him from Oakland for a PITA. Alex Torres DFAed. Did anyone notice I wrote PITA when I meant PTBNL? Hope he's bringing the Tzatziki sauce. Whatever. Another pitcher yay. These fringe moves, like backup catcher, are the things first place teams fret over.

Edgy MD Aug 05 2015 07:18 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Álex Torres was weird in that his bottom line (a 3.15 ERA in 34 innings) wasn't as disastrous as the process by which he got there. He'd walk two guys and not be near the plate, and then fan the next guy on a slider at his shins. I would imagine any inherited runner numbers weren't so good, but checking those, he allowed 5 of 25 (20% to score), which strikes me as not so bad. I guess the summary is that he was serviceable, but looked like he could blow at any minute. I imagine he could clear waivers and be back in September. As far as Blevins, maybe this trade indicates he's far off, but as likely indicates that they don't know what he'll have upon his return. Anyhow, this is an option until then — an option (lefty specialist) the team hasn't really had in a long time. Not since they sent down Chipotle Rocket at the end of June, anyhow.

MFS62 Aug 05 2015 07:27 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

The CPF has had our Lefty Specialist all year. He didn't even spend any time on the DL. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 05 2015 07:29 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Speaking of Leathersich, lost in much of the deadline hoopla surrounding last week deadline madness was that he underwent TJ surgery - so not only is he no longer a factor in this season's planning but he's pretty much out of the picture for next year too.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 05 2015 08:10 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Lefties don't like him. (.199/.266/.263). Hell, even in a crap year, he's doing the dew against lefties: .182/.286/.209 this season. So, yeah, between Clippard and him, we're nicely Harperized for the stretch run.

Lefty Specialist Aug 05 2015 01:24 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

MFS62 wrote: The CPF has had our Lefty Specialist all year. He didn't even spend any time on the DL. Later Hey now. Well, there was that 4th of July party that had me out of commission for a few days.

G-Fafif Aug 05 2015 01:43 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Wears 44. Tougher on lefties than Mayberry.

Edgy MD Aug 21 2015 11:34 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

So, for all the bullpen pinching, this guy hasn't gotten a call since the Pittsburg(h) series.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 22 2015 08:45 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

I would've given him the last two inning in Friday's game.

themetfairy Aug 26 2015 07:57 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

OK - I'm done with this experiment.

Nymr83 Aug 26 2015 08:03 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Goodbye O'Gascan. Quick, change the thread title to "memories of..."

Zvon Aug 26 2015 08:09 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Nymr83 wrote: Goodbye O'Gascan. Quick, change the thread title to "memories of..." And we'll all go with this vivid memory.

Edgy MD Aug 26 2015 08:16 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

[fimg=600]http://cdn.fansided.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/2015/05/alex-torres-mlb-new-york-mets-philadelphia-phillies-850x560.jpg[/fimg] What's that, dumbasses? You miss me? I can't hear you on account of having tuned you dumbasses out for so long.

Nymr83 Aug 26 2015 08:20 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Edgy MD wrote: What's that, dumbasses? You miss me? I can't hear you on account of having tuned you dumbasses out for so long. i do miss the hat!

Frayed Knot Aug 26 2015 08:20 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

All fine and good except that: 1) O'Flaherty was only out there because the succession of Alex Torres, Blevins, Leathersich, and Edgin (and probably someone else I'm forgetting) have fallen by the wayside for one reason or another. 2) Every pen needs at least one lefty so we're a bit short these days with him right now with Gilmartin in charge of eating up multiple and less LHB-specific innings. Maybe Dario Alvarez is the answer -- or at least A BETTER answer (or maybe not) but my guess is that both will be out in the pen starting in about five days and maybe old friend Alex Torres will be with him. IOW, let's not act like there's some sure thing coming in via a white horse to replace him.

Nymr83 Aug 26 2015 08:26 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

2) Every pen needs at least one lefty so we're a bit short these days with him right now with Gilmartin in charge of eating up multiple and less LHB-specific innings. I don't agree that every pen needs a lefty, every pen would ideally contain pitchers capable of getting out good left-handed hitters, but a terrible pitcher shouldnt be on the roster just because he is a lefty. The Mets would be a better team with Gilmartin pitching to the big lefties, Dillon Gee as the long man, and O'Flaherty sitting in the stands not the bullpen.

Rockin' Doc Aug 26 2015 08:33 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Frayed Knot wrote: ...IOW, let's not act like there's some sure thing coming in via a white horse to replace him. I agree that there is no sure fire LOOGY waiting in the minors, but it is difficult to fathom someone doing any worse than O'Flaherty has since his acquisition. At this point, his confidence must be completely shot which is only going to compound things going forward. Maybe Orosco has a few innings left in his arm.

Edgy MD Aug 26 2015 08:35 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Sure it's difficult to fathom. At the same time, it's kind of difficult to fathom that he'll be throwing to the tune of an 8.00 ERA forever. So I'm not planning on throwing him into the Pit of Despair with a handful of games before the roster expands.

Zvon Aug 26 2015 08:38 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Edgy MD wrote: Sure it's difficult to fathom. At the same time, it's kind of difficult to fathom that he'll be throwing to the tune of an 8.00 ERA forever. So I'm not planning on throwing him into the Pit of Despair with a handful of games before the roster expands. I would prefer he just jumped in himself. Which he did tonight.

Rockin' Doc Aug 26 2015 08:44 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

No need to throw him, he appears to have fallen into the Pit of Despair of his own accord.

Edgy MD Aug 26 2015 08:54 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Yeah, well, you're both using my material.

Zvon Aug 26 2015 08:56 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, well, you're both using my material. You should be flattered.

MFS62 Aug 26 2015 09:22 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

He fell into the pit because his arm isn't good enough to throw anything, much less himself, anywhere. Later

Lefty Specialist Aug 27 2015 05:47 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Are we sure he isn't just Alex Torres without the hat strap-on? If you can't trust a guy for an inning with a 6-run lead, well, that's a problem.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2015 05:59 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Well, they should at least pack him in mothballs for the next five games and only use him in lopsided games. And apparently, a six-run lead isn't lopsided enough.

Centerfield Aug 27 2015 06:59 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

At this point, I'd rather pitch Cash Considerations. I can't imagine there isn't at least one overpaid lefty that someone is trying to dump. Sandy has4 days to figure it out. Next time we are up 6, let's try Dario Alvarez. He can't be any worse.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2015 07:02 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Sean Gilmartin's a lefty. He had a long outing on Monday so he's probably been unavailable for the last couple of days, but he should be able to pitch again soon. If not today, then I'd think tomorrow.

Frayed Knot Aug 27 2015 07:23 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

In (slight) fairness to O'Flaherty, had his stint not been followed with [u:2gtx5ury]2-RBI 2B -- E6 -- RBI 1B[/u:2gtx5ury] [courtesy of Mr. C. Torres, W. Flores, and T. Clippard] to the next three hitters the carnage wouldn't have been nearly as bad. Look, the guy's been awful since he got here, there's simply no way to explain away 13 hits in 5-2/3 innings and he hasn't been especially good this whole year for whatever reason even though he's a 30 y/o coming off a season with a 2.25 ERA and a sub-1.00 WHiP plus has several other good seasons on his resume as well. And again, right now he's the only LOOGY candidate on the staff and there's no use throwing away a potentially useful piece 4 days prior to roster expansion so simply dumping him (I'm sure he has too much seniority to simply be sent down) in favor of the great Dario Alvarez and his 1-1/3 innings of ML trial by fire might not be the 'it couldn't get any worse' fix that you assume. So I'm sure he'll stick around, get into a (not close) game now and then and hopefully right himself to the point where he'll be useful enough to get out Bryce Harper in a big spot down the line. And if not then at least there'll be other options starting this weekend and he'll simply whither from disuse until being let go after the season. Cuddyer seemed lost in the woods a few weeks back too.

Edgy MD Aug 27 2015 07:47 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

There we go. How about a little hand-holding in the darkness, here, guys? We've all been there.

smg58 Aug 27 2015 09:15 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Lefties have a .607 OPS against Gilmartin, so it's not like he couldn't be used in a LOOGY situation (with the added bonus that he can get righthanded batters out as well and doesn't need to be micromanaged). Plus, either Matz or Niese will be in the pen if we play games in October. I don't see major grounds for panic here, just don't ever let O'Flaherty face a right-handed batter again and use somebody other than Gilmartin in innings-eating scenarios.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2015 09:30 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

I agree. And Terry will have more "someone elses" to choose from five days from now. And for what it's worth, I'm not saying that Alex Torres was all that great, but wasn't he better than Eric O'Flaherty? Is he still an option, or is he out of the organization?

Edgy MD Aug 27 2015 09:39 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Álex has a 1.80 ERA in five games (5.0 innings) for Wally Backman's Las Vegas 51s. He has struck out six and walked one(!).

Benjamin Grimm Aug 27 2015 09:45 AM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Sounds good to me! Have him report to Queens on Tuesday.

Centerfield Sep 01 2015 09:13 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

I move to end the O'Flaherty project.

themetfairy Sep 01 2015 09:16 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

Centerfield wrote: I move to end the O'Flaherty project. Motion seconded.

Rockin' Doc Sep 01 2015 09:33 PM Re: Eric O'Flaherty

themetfairy wrote: Centerfield wrote: I move to end the O'Flaherty project. Motion seconded. Every team needs a good BP pitcher. They should, however, be utilized prior to the game, rather than during it.