Young starters prompt speculation, frustration and hope
Well, it's official: Oliver Perez stinks and the Mets are done.
They just don't have the pitching.
In the past few days, I've had countless discussions with smart baseball fans who think the Mets' shaky rotation will prevent them from competing in their division. The starting pitchers after Johan Santana, riddled with question marks when Dan Graziano and Sam Borden debated their merits on this site a couple of weeks ago, have since been relabeled an all-out disaster.
Mike Pelfrey, for one, will fall victim to the Verducci Effect. Nevermind that he, as a 6-foot-7 beast of a Kansan who throws very few breaking balls, doesn't profile as the typical Year-After casualty, or that there's plenty of evidence to counter the phenomenon's very existence. Verducci said he's at risk. Heck, I said he's "no safe bet". And his Wednesday start was bad. So write him off. Read More
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