Pitching Scared

Did Tim Redding really admit to ‘Pitching Scared’? Actually, I think what he said was he was intimated and it was “kind of like pitching scared”. Is this a guy we want in the rotation- someone who admits to being intimated by the other team? Perhaps that is why his ERA is over 9.00.

The fact is, while he may have only pitched three games with the Mets, the last two have been pitiful. More than that, if you look at his career, look at the other teams he has pitched for, this is nothing new. Redding’s numbers have never been good and perhaps that is why he is such a well travelled ballplayer.

In the first inning, Fernando Tatis made an error and that led to a couple of Marlin runs. Perhaps that is excusable. After that, however, once he was out of the first inning, he game up another five runs in three more innings. This is not the work of a person who deserves to be in the starting rotation.

Yesterday was, however, all the Marlins (although that strikeout of Fernando Martinez to end the game was a BAD call. That was clearly a check swing on what the third base umpire called strike three and I got the impression the ump just wanted to get out of there). The Marlins pitched well and they hit well.

I am a strong believer that you can tell a lot about a team by how they play after a loss that ends a winning streak. In this case it was only a four game winning streak but still, it was a winning streak. Hopefully, now that the streak has come to an end, today they can start another winning streak.

Let’s Go Mets!