Maine Hit Hard Again, 03/15/09

[bmfc1]

4 runs in the bottom of the first off Maine. Is it still too early to worry?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't know. How'd his side session go?

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: I don't know. How'd his side session go?

Dying over here ....

[Guest Edgy DC]

To his credit, his next three innings were scoreless.

Castillo, Church and Sneider are the three regulars in the lineup.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Casey Fossum coming on.

[Guest Kong76]

Pedro whispers are heating up again according to my sources.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bmfc1 wrote: 4 runs in the bottom of the first off Maine. Is it still too early to worry?

No, it's not. Though, he's more or less been a worry for the last 12 months.

[bmfc1]

Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team.

[smg58]

bmfc1 wrote: Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team.

It's encouraging that Maine finished a lot better than he started. I'd like to see a good start all the way through next time before I decide I'm not concerned.

I wouldn't assume Robertson can't make the team, given that two spots are up for grabs. A bad outing or an injury by one of the guys ahead of him in the pecking order could put him in the mix. I do like the idea of having multiple relievers in Buffalo who won't kill you if you promote them, though.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

smg58 wrote: ="bmfc1"]Maine got his last 9 hitters so maybe he figured something out. Connor Robertson has pitched well, though he has no chance of making the team. I wouldn't assume Robertson can't make the team, given that two spots are up for grabs. A bad outing or an injury by one of the guys ahead of him in the pecking order could put him in the mix. I do like the idea of having multiple relievers in Buffalo who won't kill you if you promote them, though.

Ahead of Robertson in the pecking order are a guy who impressed last year and has no minor-league options remaining (Stokes), two Rule V guys (O'Day and Cherry), a couple of guys with spot-start/long-relief experience (Figueroa and Knight) and a younger version of the first guy who has a 97-mph fastball with late sink and in whose successful development the organization has a vast interest (Parnell).

While I'll grant your point about it being foolhardy to make assumptions about these sorts of things without having been privy to the actual behind-doors decision-making process, it would probably take one hell of a PSL taxi accident to get Robertson on the major-league roster for Opening Day.

[bmfc1]

There's still plenty of time to sort this out: the Mets have 18 practice games left. This ST season is so long that it should have an all-star break.