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What is Mejia Doing Here?

While the Mets started the season off with some very questionable moves (Gary Matthews Jr. and Mike Jacobs) they have managed to fix them throughout the course of the season. That is every move except the decision to keep Mejia in the majors. Mejia is the Mets top pitching prospect, a pitcher with good enough stuff to translate into an ace of a staff one day. Today, however, he is not on that level as he still has control problems and has yet to develop his secondary pitches. In order for Mejia to blossom into the pitcher the Mets envision him being, he should be sent down to the minors.

In the majors players do not have the luxury of working through their problems, especially in New York, because the club is expecting to win now. Growing pains are not something this Mets team wants to see, especially now that they are so close to taking over first place of the division. The Mets have shown as much, refusing to put Mejia in a tough situation. Instead Mejia has come in when the team is either winning or losing by a large margin. If the Mets needed Mejia in the majors you would expect them to use him in more important situations. If the Mets do not need him and instead want him to develop, sending him to Buffalo will be much better for him than mop-up duty in the Majors, even if it is against better competition.

It is not like the Mets do not have other options to replace Mejia in the bullpen. Right now Bobby Parnell has been pitching really well and could come up and be a great boost to the bullpen. Hell the Mets would probably be better off promoting Manny Acosta than keeping Mejia in the majors. Ultimately it makes little sense to keep Mejia in the majors, and all it is proving to be doing is affecting his confidence. The Mets have a star on their hand and they better make sure they take care of him or they could be out a potential ace.

by Evan Slavit at the Sports Fan Blog Network

June 17, 2010 Posted by slavite | Bloggers, Evan Slavit, MLB, NY Mets Stuff, New York Mets, Original Content | , , , , , | No Comments Yet

Mets seek relief for ‘pen from Parnell

Oliver Perez lost one game for the Mets on Sunday. The Mets hope Perez’s inability to get out of the first inning doesn’t also cost them the series finale with the Phillies on Monday afternoon at Citi Field.

Even after a superb day from the bullpen and a near comeback in Sunday’s 9-7 loss, the Mets will have to deal with the residue of Perez’s 47-pitch, two-out performance. Perez’s early exit — the first time a Mets starter departed a game in the first inning since Perez did it last June — put a heavy burden on the already sagging shoulders of the Mets’ bullpen. Nelson Figueroa, Pat Misch, Sean Green and Elmer Dessens all pitched in to complete the final 8 1/3 innings Sunday.

Click here to read the full article – By Tim Britton of MLB.com


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