Can We Not Choke This Year????

Our pitching this year is much better than last year's disaster.

 

Pretty cake until that last week with the Cubs and Marlins.

 

We'd have to hope that the Cubs are done and setting up the playoffs by that point.

 

I rearranged the schedule, I'll agree with what a guy said on the Fan the key to the schedule will be what we will get out of Pedro and whoever the #5 pitcher will be, because I think we will do alright with Santana, Pelfrey and Perez but we can't absolutely stink with the bottom 2 or we may be cutting it close.

 

The fact that you drew Atlanta and Washington 12 out of the last 19 games makes me jealous.

 

Ironically it is against the bad teams where we have been known to struggle against, we've done well against the good teams.

 

It is way too early and way too close to be talking about a supposedly easy schedule. The bullpen has been doing okay lately, but they are still highly suspect. Personally I think Pedro is 100% done, so I expect absolutely nothing from him the rest of the way. Stokes or Figueroa would seem to be the natural candidates for the #5 spot, and there is no way of knowing what they can give. The biggest thing the Mets have going for them is that the Phils aren't that good - they're 38-37 since the middle of June. It will probably take about 91-92 wins to win the division, and the Mets are more likely to go 11-8 than the Phils are to go 13-6.

 

I am not talking about any easy schedule, I am just talking about that we should do well with Santana, Pelfrey and Perez on the mound, just since August we've been 16-6 when each of those 3 starts so it isn't about who we are playing against. But having 2 coin flips in the starting rotation along with the rollercoaster bullpen is pretty iffy. And I don't think we remove Stokes from the bullpen and maybe Figueroa as well as they have been the smooth part to a very rocky bullpen that we have.

 

I quoted you about the Pedro part, not the easy schedule part (two other people referred to the schedule). You've got 12 starts from the "big 3", and the Mets have to go at least 9-3 in those; if you get 3 wins out of 7 starts elsewhere, that's 92 wins, and Philly has to go 14-5 just to tie, which I don't see them doing. The problem is that I could see the Mets getting 1 win in those other 7 starts, putting even more pressure on the top 3.

 

Oh OK my mistake, I just hope that Perez doesn't decide to pitch down to his competition like he usually does this year.

 

I did a guess as to our probable pitchers for the rest of the schedule, now it could change if we decide to pitch on short rest if things get real close at the end of the season (barring injury of course).