Soothsaying for Sixteen: Jerry Blevins

[Edgy MD]

I've retired 15 of 15 batters faced in a Mets uniform, which pretty much makes me the perfectest Met pitcher in history, if also the most perfectly fragile. Why would I put such an impeccable record on the line? In a word, money! Gold-pressed latinum! The Mets are handing out contracts and I got me one!

But what can you expect from an arm broken twice the previous year? You tell me!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Slightly-shaky start, then a torrid stretch as the weather warms, developing into a very solid season, in between stretches on the DL for a May karaoke-fist-pump injury and an August making-visual-dick-jokes-while-picking-summer-squash-on-an-off-day elbow strain:

46 G, 39 1/3 IP, 3.63 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 33 K, 14 BB, 3 HR

[seawolf17]

Strikes out the side in the seventh on Opening Day, then trips down the dugout steps and misses two months.

Spends two weeks on a rehab assignment, then cuts his finger opening the bullpen door before his first game back and misses the rest of the season.

[MFS62]

Will fight Edgin and Smoker for a spot on the 25 man roster. Will start to season in AAA until he proves his arm is ok. Then, he'll be brought back up and pitch to the tune of 40G, 37 IP, 14 holds, 1.27 WHIP and 2.96 ERA. Maybe a save or two thrown in there in some weird extra inning games.

OE checked Edgy's roster info. Jerry doesn't have any options left. So he'll start the season will the big club, pitch sparingly until they're sure his arm is ok, and put up similar numbers to those above.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I loved that we got him the way we did, and immediately shoved that trade so far up Washington's ass that they never got over it, but I'm highly suspicious of this guy.

For one, that momentum from the trade is long gone.

Two, he broke his arm twice last year.

Three, what kind of peak-condition athlete trips over a curb and falls on their moneymaker in the first place?

This guy owes us something, but I'm skeptical that his twice-broken arm is the thing it once was. Fortunately he's only a loogy and how much damage can he do in 50 innings?

3-3, 4.00, 61 games, 50 innings, Harper and Freeman get him good once each, enough to cause some debate about whether he's the right lefty for the job, despite getting it done most of the time.

[Guest d'Kong76]

DL'd mid April, has trouble getting back never to be seen again.

(ouch, sorry Jerry :+))

[Edgy MD]

Jerry went 4-2 with a 2.79 ERA, saving two games, striking out 52 and walking only 14 in his 42.0 innings.

I think MFS62 wins this one. He spoke sooth.