2014 IPP: Josh Edgin

[Benjamin Grimm]

It was moderately popular last year, so we'll try it again this year. IPP stands for Individual Player Predictions. These will be threads where we share our expectations of how a player will perform in the current year. Feel free to make your predictions as specific or as vague as you like. (You can find a listing of the 2013 IPPs here.)

Josh Edgin will make the team out of spring training and will be in that muddle of indistinguishable middle relievers. He'll appear in about 40 or 50 games, typically only pitching to a few batters in each.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Vegas in the spring. Midseason injury callup, and definitely in September, too, maybe up and down a few times in the interim.


15 G, 17 IP, 4.39 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 12 K, 5 BB, 2 HR allowed

[MFS62]

Will be pitched (and warmed up but not getting into the game) until his arm falls off, with so so success.

78G, 49IP, 50H, 19BB, 49K, 4.49ERA, WHIP ???

Later

[smg58]

If he's healthy, I don't think 60 IP at a 3.50 ERA are beyond him.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Jeez, some of these are hard. Not to be wishy washy,
but I'm kinda wishy washy on this guy.

[duan]

Well being in the first round of cuts at spring training is going to herald a lost season for Edgin, who's bumped off the 40 at some stage and gets claimed by the Diamondbacks (owns a career -58 ops+ against)

[Lefty Specialist]

Just don't see him on this team, lefty or no. In August, becomes a line of 8-point agate type in Baseball Weekly under 'transactions' where he's claimed off the wire by Cleveland.

[Edgy MD]

You're both wrong. It's the Malins who will claim him, as they likely get dibs before Cleveland or Arizona anyhow.

[smg58]

He hasn't fully recovered from his injury yet. He has options, so presumably the Mets won't drop him from the 40 until/unless they doubt he can get back to where he was the second half of last season.

So I guess the big question now is has Scott Rice fully recovered?

[Lefty Specialist]

Sent to minor league camp today.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Well! I'm already wrong!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah I dunno what happened to this guy. Our own Farmer Ted may know the answer.

[Edgy MD]

The only problem with the theory that the Mets will try and get him through waivers is that this scenario would suggest a confidence in their alternative left-handed bullpen options.

How much confidence do you have in Korarek, Rice, and Leathersich? (Hint: their current numbers add up to 210.)