With the injury to Victor Zambrano and the less than adequate performance from Jose Lima added to the injuries to Brian Bannister and John Maine, the Mets are in a serious quandary about what to do with their rotation after Pedro, Glavine and Trachsel. Because of today's off day the Mets could keep everyone (inclding Lima) on regular rest and not need a 5th starter until Saturday. At that point Bannister will be eligible to come off the DL. If he's not ready but only needs one more week then they should call up Jeremi Gonzalez. If Lima doesn't improve that could present another problem.
I don't want them to rush Pelfrey.
I don't want to sign Roger Clemens.
I wouldn't mind trading for Dontrelle Willis and giving up Pelfrey and Milledge.
I'd take Barry Zito, but not give up too much for him.
I would be cautious about moving Heilman because the bullpen has been such a strength of the team. But that seems the easiest and most obvious option, even if it does mean increasing the important outs we'll need Jorge Julio to get.
To sum it up, they should give Lima time to nail down the job and Bannister time to heal. If either of those don't work they should put Heilman in the rotation and if they both don't work, go after Dontrelle.
I like some of your ideas. I disagree on others:
ReplyDeleteRoger Clemens is the 1st solution. Fresh in October due to starting his season in June. Pitching in the NL in a pitchers ballpark are other reasons for success. He is the best case scenerio b/c all he costs is money, which the Mets have plenty of.
The more time that goes by with the Mets having the best record in the NL makes them an attractive option for the Rocket.
Dontrelle would be nice, but he is entering his arbitration years and won't be cheap financially or what it would cost in a trade. Pelf and Lastings is quite a hefty sum.
I'm not all that attracted to Zito. He's kind of flaky and is either brilliant or mediocre, which is somewhat concerning.
I'm attracted to the idea of giving Pelfrey a chance later on in the year. Knock on wood, but this team will probably coast into the postseason. Any moves made are all about what we're going to have in the rotation come October.