Note: Bullpen is Good, Bullpen is Bad
Yesterday, Nelson Figueora, who pitched a perfect seventh inning, let up a lead-off double in the eighth inning. However Pedro Feliciano struck out Prince Fielder, after which Joe Smith struck out Corey Hart and Mike Cameron to end the inning.
Luis Ayala, who is pitching with a sore groin, retired Milwaukee in order for a save in the ninth inning.
Jerry Manuel, regarding yesterday’s bullpen, speaking to reporters following the game, said:
“They stepped up, attacked the hitters and threw strikes, and the catchers did a good job bringing them through that. I felt going in, with a lot of our righthanders, that we appear to match up very well against this team. They’re a very aggressive club and we were able to get it done.”
In their last two appearances, the Mets bullpen has not let up a run.
In the four games before that, they let up seven runs.
The sooner we accept the rocky reality of this team’s bullpen, the better off we will be. This is how it’s going to work it seems: The bullpen will look great, ease our minds, then explode the minute we exhale.
Thankfully, the same can be said for most bullpens.
