NY Sports Dog: Pelfrey Needs a Confidence Start

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Pelfrey Needs a Confidence Start


He doesn't need to Dominate, he doesn't need to throw a shutout, but he does need to pitch well.

Last season Mike Pelfrey turned things around, for himself, and for his team, en route to a fine year in which he established himself as a bona fide major league starter.

This year's forearm tendonitis is partially to blame for Pelf's bad start, but there is also the fact that he has not located his pitches well. What we don't know is if the injury is solely to blame, or if other factors are involved.

One thing is for certain: if the 2009 Mets are going to contend, Mike Pelfrey needs to pitch well. I would define well as averaging 6.0 innings per start, with an era somewhere south of 3.60.

He doesn't need to be an ace--we already have one of those--he needs to be "Mr Steady" in this rotation and give the team quality start after quality start.

Today would be a very good place for him to "really" begin his 2009 season with a confidence (quality) start because, as we saw last year, once it clicks back in, Pelf will smoothly sail to a fine year.

Career: | Pitching |
SEASON TEAM G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L SV HLD BLSV ERA
2006 NYM 4 4 0 0 21.1 25 14 13 1 12 13 2 1 0 0 -- 5.48
2007 NYM 15 13 0 0 72.2 85 47 45 6 39 45 3 8 0 0 -- 5.57
2008 NYM 32 32 2 0 200.2 209 86 83 12 64 110 13 11 0 0 -- 3.72
2009 NYM 2 2 0 0 10.0 13 9 9 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 -- 8.10
Total -- 53 51 2 0 304.2 332 156 150 22 121 173 19 20 0 0 -- 4.43


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