Mets Get Smart? Mejia to the Minors?
ByIn his post game interview Jerry Manuel hinted that Jenrry Mejia could be sent down to the minor leagues in order to be stretched out as a starter.
“We’ll have to see obviously what direction we go, and then that will determine also how we feel the bullpen fits…We’ll do everything we can to keep it in a place where we feel very good about it, like we did coming out of spring training.”
So far this season Mejia is 0-2 with a 2.60 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 17.1 innings. He has appeared in just 18 of the Mets 37 games.
Mejia has shown an electric fastball that averages 94.4 mph with wicked movement. According to Fangraphs his fastball and curveball have been positive pitches for him, while his changeup has been slightly below average.
I have had no problem with what Mejia has done on the mound, but the simple fact of the matter is that he is not being given the chance to develop his pitches. He is throwing 81% fastballs and hasn’t had to use his off-speed pitches at all. At 20-years old he needs to be in the minors developing those pitches and not using one pitch to get outs in the bigs.
Ryota Igarashi could return soon from his injury within a week the Mets could wait until his return to send Mejia down and stretch him out. If the injury Jon Niese just sustained is serious at all there could be not better time than right now to make the move with Mejia.
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