Fool Me Twice
Dateline New York, Friday 7/7. The Mets designated Jose Lima for assignment today.
Jose Lima started for the Mets on Friday against the Marlins. They had given him three starts in May, well documented here. He was the losing pitcher in all three games. Here are the lines:
May 7…5 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 4 BB
May 12..4-2/3 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 3 BB
May 18..4-2/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 1 BB
They sent him down to Norfolk, where he demonstrated an ability to get some AAA batters out, and brought him up to make an emergency start Friday. The results:
3 IP, 5 ER (7 total), 7 H, 2 BB
Loser. And now, unemployed.
What could the Mets have been thinking? All I can imagine is that they are just so far in front in the NL East (12 games, give or take, and 5 ahead of the Cardinals for NL home field advantage) that they can afford to throw some games away. Why they haven’t given Aaron Heilman a try is beyond me. Brian Bannister is due back soon, and that should help, but the reality is you only really need 3 starters in the playoffs, not 5, and they are already assuming they are in. The D-Backs did it with only 2 starters in 2001.
But they should refund the ticket money to the bozos who paid to see Lima in any of those games.
And if, perchance, Jose is reading this, please send my regards to your wife.
posted by PEFACommish at 1:28 PM
2 Comments:
They're real and they're spectacular!
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/919/105/320/lima%20hooters.jpg
Even the Royals finally saw the light and let Lima go -- yes, with World Series aspirations and a ton of money to do...anything...else, what were the Mets thinking?
Oh, wait a minute...that's a moot point, because it's obvious they weren't thinking at all.
Back to the Independent Leagues with you, Lima-time!
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