First I just want to point out that Ryan Church is back in the lineup tonight. This is obviously a good thing however with the emergence of Tatis, what happens when Alou comes back. It was suggested on the FAN today that either platoon him with Alou or possibly platoon him with Delgado. Personally I think they should platoon him with Delgado that way Endy can get more at bats in. Delgado seems to do best when he is being rotated. Also since Pedro is coming back the big talk is what is going to happen to either Pelfrey or Vargas. Well personally I think they both should stay. There is no way they let Vargas go because he has no options and the mets have no minor league depth to do that. Pelfrey has shown promising spots. Therefore it would IMO be in the Mets best interest to send Heilman to AAA to get himself together. In the meantime move Pelfrey to the bullpento take Heilmans place and see how he does there. The Mets can then reasses the situation later. thoughts? oh also on an edit: send down evans and bring up valentin. Valentin has been playing some left in the minors and we know he can play 2nd. he's also a huge mental lift to this ballclub and would be great for reyes.
Agree on Evans, the mets sadly won't put Pelfrey in the bullpen ahead of Vargas. I completely agree that Tatis should platoon for Delgado
Tatis is OPSing .720 in 32 AB's, let's calm down with the "emergence" talk. That being said if he can play 1B at all he's probably a better option for the bat on the bench/spot 1b/of start then either Easley or Anderson. Anything that gets Endy more AB's is probably not a good thing either though. As for the pitching situation Pelfrey has been Trachsel-like this year and I won't be shedding any tears when he rightfully gets demoted to AAA.
lets put it like this....tatis has gotten plenty of big hits for this team...meaning he is emerging..or should i say reemerging....it still has yet to be seen if he is the jose valentin of 2008 or if he will cool off...but either way the mets should ride him out until he either gains more strength, or dies off.... endy needs more at bats to remain productive....heres another guy given more at bats that has gotten big hits for the mets. granted hes no .300 hitter but hes serviceable and tends to make big plays at wierd moments. i would hardly be shedding a tear if pelfrey left but lets put it like this....at this point would you rather see how pelfrey does in the bullpen or continue with heilwoman?
The first two points seem like Willie logic to me. Tatis has 90 major league ABs over the last 5 years. What are the chances that he's going to be a productive bat playing every day? Endy did a great job for the Mets in 06 but he was bad last year and he's been even worse this year. I'm also not sure what about Pelfrey reccomends him for bullpen work, batters are OPSing .859 off him in the 1st inning and he's been wildly inconsistent. His peripherals are also actually worse then Heilman's.
first off....maybe he has had 90 ML AB's over the past 5 years but the bottom line is he has been productive and has been a big contributor to the mets recently....so therefore why wouldnt you ride it out with him? I just don't follow your logic. Endy hit a game tying PH HR in the 9th the other night. He also threw a man out at the plate the other night. I'm not saying he's a slugger by any means. But he has a glove with an occasional timely bat. I'm not saying start Chavez 100% of the time. But when Alou comes back he just cannot play all the time and it would be good to pop Chavez in the lineup once in a while against RHP rather than just use him as a defensive replacement and occasional matchup PH. This keeps Alou healthy and gets Chavez more at bats allowing him to be more productive. Also Church is just coming back from a second concussion in as many months, and while he just hit a HR you have to handle him with baby gloves for a while and Chavez again fills that role. This is all assuming they actually use Tatis at first because he can also fill that hole. Seeing those stats from Pelfrey, I would agree with your point then. That is a good point with #'s to back it up. A poster earlier stated do we have the option to not have both. And unfortunately as of right now the answer is no.
