Comments on: Note: Mets, Yankees Analogies http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/ Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mkepzza31 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156011 mkepzza31 Mon, 05 May 2008 20:58:45 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156011 I agree...there is no real analogy here...Izzy was awesome his first go-round, if i remember correct he had a sub 3 era and went 9-2 or something...Hughes and Kennedy have both failed to show if they can handle themselves up in the big leagues I agree…there is no real analogy here…Izzy was awesome his first go-round, if i remember correct he had a sub 3 era and went 9-2 or something…Hughes and Kennedy have both failed to show if they can handle themselves up in the big leagues

]]> By: Necciai27 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156010 Necciai27 Mon, 05 May 2008 20:58:25 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156010 I would agree with this. Chamberlain can be a dominant closer, but the Yankees are babying his arm to the point where he'll have little to no elasticity and it'll take forever to stretch him out back into a starting role. The Mets took the exact opposite approach to Izzy, trashing his arm at first, but then they started pitching him out of the bullpen and he started having trouble getting that elasticity back. Hughes (like Paul Wilson) probably has the most raw talent of the trio. But he also seems to be the most injury-prone. If he can ever get over his injuries, I do believe he will shape up to be a front of the rotation starter. But by that time, who knows? The Yankees may even have given up on him by then, much like us with Wilson and him pitching very well with Cincinnati. Kennedy, like Pulsipher, almost seems to be thrown into the mix to make it a trio of "future stars." A marketing thing. This is also a little like the Braves raving about their "four aces" in the early-mid 1990's: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz...and Steve Avery. Kennedy's mechanics aren't particularly good. He pitched well, but his pitch movement is more reminiscent of just a generic above average finesse pitcher in his prime rather than Maddux or Glavine in their primes as the Yank fans love raving about. His ceiling is nowhere near as high as is tabbed. I would agree with this. Chamberlain can be a dominant closer, but the Yankees are babying his arm to the point where he’ll have little to no elasticity and it’ll take forever to stretch him out back into a starting role. The Mets took the exact opposite approach to Izzy, trashing his arm at first, but then they started pitching him out of the bullpen and he started having trouble getting that elasticity back.

Hughes (like Paul Wilson) probably has the most raw talent of the trio. But he also seems to be the most injury-prone. If he can ever get over his injuries, I do believe he will shape up to be a front of the rotation starter. But by that time, who knows? The Yankees may even have given up on him by then, much like us with Wilson and him pitching very well with Cincinnati.

Kennedy, like Pulsipher, almost seems to be thrown into the mix to make it a trio of “future stars.” A marketing thing. This is also a little like the Braves raving about their “four aces” in the early-mid 1990′s: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz…and Steve Avery. Kennedy’s mechanics aren’t particularly good. He pitched well, but his pitch movement is more reminiscent of just a generic above average finesse pitcher in his prime rather than Maddux or Glavine in their primes as the Yank fans love raving about. His ceiling is nowhere near as high as is tabbed.

]]> By: gbaked http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156004 gbaked Mon, 05 May 2008 20:50:54 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-156004 i dont get the tre... i dont get the tre…

]]> By: beltran the warrior http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155925 beltran the warrior Mon, 05 May 2008 19:03:27 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155925 so metsfan119: are you going to back that statement with facts or was that your entry for the loudmouth of the day award? so metsfan119:

are you going to back that statement with facts or was that your entry for the loudmouth of the day award?

]]> By: ness589 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155894 ness589 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:26:51 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155894 Joba Chamberlain = Jason Isringhausen Phil Hughes = Paul Wilson Ian Kennedy = Bill Pulsipher Joba Chamberlain = Jason Isringhausen
Phil Hughes = Paul Wilson
Ian Kennedy = Bill Pulsipher

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155879 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass Mon, 05 May 2008 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155879 Santana could "want" to be a Seattle Mariner for all I care. But he is a Met and that's all that matters. It would be a sad state of affairs this year if we didn't get him. How about a little praise for Omar and keeping the #1 prospect while trading for an ace. Santana could “want” to be a Seattle Mariner for all I care. But he is a Met and that’s all that matters. It would be a sad state of affairs this year if we didn’t get him.

How about a little praise for Omar and keeping the #1 prospect while trading for an ace.

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155878 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass Mon, 05 May 2008 17:59:55 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155878 Agreed...I hate the Phillies and Braves way more than the Yanks. Don't really care about the Yanks. Agreed…I hate the Phillies and Braves way more than the Yanks. Don’t really care about the Yanks.

]]> By: Jova1931 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155864 Jova1931 Mon, 05 May 2008 17:42:30 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155864 Sorry, I thought that was him but I thought the caption read "Bohanon". Sorry, I thought that was him but I thought the caption read “Bohanon”.

]]> By: Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155863 Ollie Ollie Oxen Free Pass Mon, 05 May 2008 17:41:50 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155863 Funny thing about that is people yell and scream with every win. But then when he posts and "L", you could hear a pin drop. Ain't that right Mikey? Dog? Funny thing about that is people yell and scream with every win. But then when he posts and “L”, you could hear a pin drop.

Ain’t that right Mikey? Dog?

]]> By: GeorgeThomas http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155859 GeorgeThomas Mon, 05 May 2008 17:37:24 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/05/note-mets-yankees-analogies/#comment-155859 ahem... that's Jason Isringhausen. ahem… that’s Jason Isringhausen.

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