Omar Minaya has said many times you can't have enough pitchers. Well, that is now half of a sentence. The other half is "that throw under 85 miles per hour and don't strike batters out."
The Mets are on the verge of signing 33 year old lefty pitcher Scott Schoeneweis to a three year major league deal. Now SS is a decent pitcher. He can spot start or be a swing man out of the bullpen, like Darren Oliver was for us last year. But three guaranteed years? Unless the annual salary is around 500,000 dollars, I really don't like this. Oliver was 50 times better last year than I ever dreamed he would be. That was catching lightning in a bottle. I can't see it happening again. And if we're giving out 3 guaranteed years to SS, why couldn't we match Baltimore's offer to Chad Bradford, who was so good for the Mets last year? Answer that for me, Omar.
So as I've said before, Mike Pelfrey must step up. Phillip Humber must step up. Jason Vargas must step up. John Maine must step up. Oliver Perez has damn sure got to step up. There are so many question marks with this Mets pitching staff right now. And looking at Florida's incredible youth, Philly adding Freddy Garcia to go with Utley, Howard, Hamels, and Myers, the Braves still being themselves, I don't know what to think right now. Right now, as great as the 2006 Mets regular season was, that kind of dominance is not about to happen again this year. Not with such a questionable pitching staff.
But as I learned the hard way last year, homefield means nothing in the baseball playoffs. All you have to do is qualify. Last year, the magic came together very well. Let's see what happens in 11 weeks.
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