Loading ...Besides the inning where Dan Graziano says the Mets will go after one of the Big Three [K-Rod, Brian Fuentes, or Kerry Wood], the Star-Ledger columnist says the rest of the Extreme Makeover: Bullpen Edition will consist of strikeout pitchers.
To quote:
“The Mets’ bullpen in 2008 was loaded with finesse pitchers who didn’t have swing-and-miss pitches. Billy Wagner was their only real strikeout reliever, and once he was gone it was a bunch of guys (Feliciano, Schoeneweis, Heilman, Smith, Ayala) who pitched to contact — often with disastrous results. That’s why they were so excited, late in the season, about the emergence of Brian Stokes, whose stuff was the kind of stuff that can be blown by hitters and generate strikeouts.”
Graziano mentions Brian Stokes, Eddie Kunz, and Bobby Parnell as the only holdovers.
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This post was written by Joe McDonald on November 17, 2008
Is Stokes under contract for 2009, or is he a F.A.?
I believe he just gets his contract renewed. He was signed through 2008, but doesn’t have the service time to become a FA and his less than two years of ML time will not make him eligible for arbitration.
Now the Mets can work out a contract with him, but right now they own his rights.
Sign K-Rod, Juan Cruz, and Biemel