Mets Finally Demote Mejia to Binghamton

After setting back Jenrry Mejia‘s development curve for almost no reason the Mets have finally decided to demote the 20-year-old to Double-A Binghamton in order to stretch him out as a starter and plan to call up Bobby Parnell from Triple-A Buffalo.  Parnell was 1-1 with 4 saves and a 4.24 ERA in 41.1 innings.  He had 41 strikeouts to go along with 17 walks.

I really do not know why the Mets kept Mejia up so long.  He wasn’t bad, but it was not like he was absolutely dominant.  If he was the primary set up man and pitching to a 1 ERA I can see them wanting to keep him up, but he was pitching mediocre, which is understandable considering he is 20 and raw, and he was being used in mop up duty.  At least they finally got it right.

Parnell was pitching much better then ERA.  He had a 3.52 FIP and had a 62% ground ball rate while lowering his walks from last season.  He should be able to fill Mejia’s role fine.  If he continues to strike guys out and get that many ground balls, with the Mets defense he could put up some pretty strong numbers and move into the set up role by the end of the season.

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5. Final: Binghamton 1 – New Hampshire 2