The 2010 Franco McRosco Award

[Guest Edgy DC]

Judging relief pitching is a cloudy business. Cloudy and emotional. Bruce Sutter for the Baseball Hall of Fame? Sure. Bruce Sutter before Rich Gossage? Wait, really?

Take John Franco for instance. Our ranking system says he's the top releiver in Mets history. His length of tenure and consistency of performance certainly speak well of him. But reasonable folks may disagree. He never anchored a championship bullpen, never closed out a championship, never led his team emotionally from oblivion to a pennant with a ralllying slogan.

And you know, that's fine. Franco gave the number off his back to Mike Piazza and turned around and took a number off of Tug McGraw's back. He don't mind sharing in a legacy. And it is in that spirit that we ask you to share in the voting for the 2010 Franco McRosco Award for Outstanding Mets Relief Pitcher.

Below we have listed the statistics for all Mets pitchers as relievers. Stoppers, closers, LOOGys, ROOGys, swingmen, eighth-innnig guys, longmen, shortmen, horses, mules, donkeys, gophers, firemen, gasmen, emergency men, HazMat men, touniquets, bandages, and syringes loaded with pure adrenaline --- all are present. Who's the best? Heck if we know. That's why we need you.

Please vote for five guys. Your top guy gets five points, your second guy gets four, etc. The top point receiver will be your recipient of the 2010 Cranepool Forum Franco McRosco Award for Outstanding Mets Relief Pitcher.

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SVO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO	WPCT	TB	BK	WP	IBB	SB	CS	PK	GO	AO	GO/AO	WHIP	SLG	OBA	AVG	PA	NP	P/IP	HLD	GF	K/BB	BB/9	K/9	H9
M. Acosta	3	2	2.95	41	1	3	39.2	30	13	13	4	0	18	42	.600	45	0	3	1	2	3	0	35	33	1.18	1.21	.328	.308	.219	157	638	16.1	1	12	2.30	4.08	9.53	6.81
E. Dessens	4	2	2.30	53	0	1	47	41	14	12	4	3	16	16	.667	65	0	0	6	1	3	1	58	52	1.23	1.21	.380	.314	.240	194	709	15.1	11	6	1.00	3.06	3.06	7.85
R. Dickey	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1.00	.000	.250	.000	4	17	17	1	0	1.00	9.00	9.00	0.00
P. Feliciano	3	6	3.30	92	0	1	62.2	66	24	23	1	6	30	56	.333	81	0	1	6	0	0	0	88	30	3.27	1.53	.335	.367	.273	280	1109	17.7	23	16	1.90	4.31	8.04	9.48
S. Green	0	0	3.86	11	0	0	9.1	7	6	4	1	4	8	12	.000	11	0	0	3	2	0	0	13	3	4.33	1.61	.314	.404	.200	48	193	20.7	2	0	1.50	7.71	11.57	6.75
R. Igarashi	1	1	7.12	34	0	0	30.1	29	24	24	4	0	18	25	.500	51	0	3	1	1	0	0	30	31	1.10	1.55	.447	.348	.254	135	565	18.6	2	11	1.40	5.34	7.42	8.60
J. Mejia	0	2	3.25	30	0	1	27.2	29	10	10	2	3	15	17	.000	39	0	3	1	2	0	0	50	12	4.42	1.59	.358	.370	.266	127	493	17.8	2	8	1.10	4.88	5.53	9.43
P. Misch	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	4.50	1.00	.333	.267	.267	15	54	13.5	1	2	0.00	0.00	4.50	9.00
F. Nieve	2	3	5.18	39	0	2	40	34	23	23	8	2	19	33	.400	67	0	2	2	1	0	0	41	40	1.13	1.33	.450	.322	.228	173	694	17.4	6	9	1.70	4.28	7.43	7.65
B. Parnell	0	1	2.83	41	0	2	35	41	13	11	1	0	8	33	.000	49	0	0	2	0	1	0	49	13	4.08	1.40	.353	.333	.295	149	588	16.8	9	10	4.10	2.06	8.49	10.54
M. Pelfrey	0	0	0.00	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.00	2.00	.250	.400	.250	5	18	18	0	1	0.00	9.00	0.00	9.00
O. Perez	0	2	9.00	10	0	0	13	18	13	13	4	3	14	10	.000	34	0	1	2	1	0	0	12	15	1.00	2.46	.654	.493	.346	71	291	22.4	0	4	0.70	9.69	6.92	12.46
F. Rodriguez	4	2	2.20	53	25	30	57.1	45	14	14	3	2	21	67	.667	65	1	3	4	4	1	1	48	46	1.07	1.15	.308	.289	.213	236	970	16.9	0	46	3.20	3.30	10.52	7.06
T. Stoner	0	1	3.86	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4.00	1.71	.500	.364	.300	11	38	16.3	0	0	0.00	3.86	0.00	11.57
H. Takahashi	6	2	2.04	41	8	8	57.1	43	15	13	2	0	22	60	.750	63	0	1	7	1	2	0	54	43	1.33	1.13	.301	.280	.206	235	960	16.7	3	21	2.70	3.45	9.42	6.75
R. Valdes	3	3	5.23	37	1	3	53.1	56	32	31	6	3	23	51	.500	93	0	2	1	1	1	0	43	53	0.91	1.48	.445	.346	.268	238	969	18.2	2	8	2.20	3.88	8.61	9.45

[seawolf17]

"McRosco"? You're losing it. I'm going all Joe Girardi and interrupting this commercial to bring in the closer. You're done, kid.

Takahashi
Rodriguez
Feliciano
Mejia
Parnell

Apologies to Elmer Dessens, who apparently has pitched in about 100 games in the last two years even though I've never seen him actually pitch.

[Fman99]

Takahashi
Rodriguez
Parnell
Acosta
Feliciano

[Chad ochoseis]

Takahashi - great job doing everything asked of him
Rodriguez - I hope the closest he ever gets to Flushing again is Rikers Island. That being said, a 2.20 ERA is a 2.20 ERA.
Feliciano - 2010 is becoming a vague memory, but I'm thinking he didn't suck against righties, either.
Dessens - I kind of sort of remember him. And a 2.30 ERA is a 2.30 ERA.
Parnell - Zoom!


Honorable mention to Nieve. His numbers stunk overall, but that was because Jerry's flowchart didn't include "rest Nieve". He did a great job until he didn't do a great job.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: His numbers stunk overall, but that was because Jerry's flowchart didn't include "rest Nieve".

Kaboom.

[Vic Sage]

- Takahashi
- Rodriguez
- Parnell / Feliciano / Dessens / Acosta (pick three)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Takahashi-- Nice ERA, nice strikeout numbers, suspiciously nice HR rate. I wonder if that holds for his next team.
Rodriguez-- Pitches/IP was just about what Takahashi posted... which was average-to-slightly-above-average for the 'pen. Which is kinda shocking, considering how many 30-pitch 9ths my brain seems to recall.
Parnell-- The WHIP was pretty much all due to some HRs and bleeders. That walk rate was surprising... and bodes well for the future.
Feliciano-- The best of the nice-on-paper dregs (that walk rate and WHIP are just plain grotesque); only here because of the reliability against lefties and the workload.
Acosta-- Is there such a thing as a three-true-outcomes pitcher? Great season, by his standards.

HONORABLE MENTION: Dessens-- If you ever actually watch the guy pitch... looking at his end-of-year numbers is as mind-blowing as the Wizard of Oz/Dark Side... thing.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: His numbers stunk overall, but that was because Jerry's flowchart didn't include "rest Nieve". He did a great job until he didn't do a great job.

A fair point. But to be even fairer, Nieve's numbers stunk because he kind of stinks.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Takahashi
Parnell
Dessens
Feliciano
Acosta

I'm gonna be one of those vindictive asshole guys who leaves off a candidate he doesn't like personally.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Voted a fifth-place tie between Parnell and Acosta:

5 Takahashi
4 Rodriguez
3 Dessens
2 Feliciano
0.5 Parnell
0.5 Acosta


If that's not kosher, then please give Parnell the full point and drop Acosta.

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Takahashi Parnell Dessens Feliciano Acosta I'm gonna be one of those vindictive asshole guys who leaves off a candidate he doesn't like personally.

Oh, shit.

[ashie62]

Feliciano
Rodriguez
Takahashi
Acosta
Nieve

[Guest Edgy DC]

Rodriguez
Takahashi
PFeliciano
Dessens
Parnell

[G-Fafif]

Takahashi
Rodriguez
Feliciano
Valdes
Nieve

I'll say this for K-Rod -- he wants to be here (gettin' paid) in 2011. Takahashi has abandoned us.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Takahashi and K-Rod's relief stats are similar. So then why the disparity in WAR?

K-Rod 57.1 IP/2.1 WAR
Tak 122 IP/1.3 WAR

Was Tak so bad as a starter that his starter WAR approached -1.0?

Tak the starter:

WHIP 1.45
ERA 5.01
ERC 5.03
IP 64.2
K 54
BB 21
H 73

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitching/_/hand/left/split/127/league/nl/type/sabermetric/order/false/minip/40