Saturday, June 14, 2008

What a bullpen

Why is it that the Mets Organization is supposed to have the best bullpen in the NL? It clearly isn’t true as you can see while Aaron Heilman gives up 4 runs in an inning of work or while our closer, which has been amazing all year, has 3 blown saves in a row. The last time that kind of thing happened with Billy Wagner was 8 years ago when he was with the Astros. And really, our starters haven’t been as good as they should be.

Yes, Johan Santana has a descent record under his belt, but on the fact that he gets paid $16,984,216 doesn’t really help his cause. His record isn’t that bad at 7-4 but I think it should be way better with that kind of motivation. Expecially since he was known to be "The best pitcher in the major leagues." It's definitely time to live up to that name.

Oliver Perez...can someone please tell me why this young pitcher only went 1/3 of the first inning in his start against San Francisco? That’s fucking pathetic. On top of that, he leads the NL in walks (48 BB). His ERA is definitely a little high for his potential. Some of these Met's starters really need to pick it up.

Another great pick in the bullpen...Aaron Heilman, do I really need to go into detail about this guy? All he ever has to do is come in a game for maybe 2 or 3 inning and get 9-12 outs. No, that isn’t the story with Aaron at all; he'd rather come on and make the game an interesting loss for the Mets by giving up a shit load of runs for no reason. I'd rather have a fucking 10-year-old kid on the mound that can’t even top 20MPH then this horrific excuse of a relief pitcher.

And last but not least, Billy Wagner. I'm not gunna lie...I like Wagner as the closer for this team but he needs to cut the shit. He needs to start doing what he is supposed to and get 3 easy outs in the 9th inning, but that really hasn’t been happening lately. In this season Billy has played 27 games and already has 5 blown saves. In the end of his last 2 seasons with the Mets he's only had 5 blown saves. I do believe Wagner will eventually snap out of this little trend where he fucks everything up for the Mets.

Hopefully these pitchers start to pick it up sooner or later if this team even wants a little taste of the play offs. They should be playing there hearts out because of the results of the last 2 seasons.

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