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Yesterday, Jerry Manuel told reporters that he has yet to decide on who will start for the team on Wednesday against Nationals.
According to Adam Rubin in the Daily News, Brandon Knight is expected to get the call.
Speaking of starting pitchers, Manuel also said that Jon Niese will get his next start on Monday, Sept. 22, against the Cubs.
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He has a big curve ball it might be just as effective after 3 days rest. Why not let him start on Wednesday? If he struggles then bring in Knight.
I understand your feeling. Knight looked terrible the other night. I guess since Niese threw 116 pitches last time, they don’t want to run him out there that quick again.
He’s young and his arm can probably take it, but didn’t he throw around 120 pitches on Saturday? Also with his minor league innings taken into account I have no idea how many innings he has actually thrown. Why risk anything against the Nationals…send in Knight or Figgy to get the spot start.
Niese is around 40 over last year already.
They have him in the red zone so pitching him more is only slightly more dangerous than what they have already done. Might as well turn him into the next Pulsifer while they are at it…
He’s pitched 40 more innings than last season. That’s getting into a danger zone. I rate this as a dubious decision.
All of our magic number bickering should come to an end since the image is now awesome!
On to more important topic, I still say Figgy should get the start over Knight. Knight’s only major league start of his career was with us and he didn’t exactly distinguish himself.
Per ESPN radio the Brewers have fired Ned Yost.
I just check the Wikipedia entry for Dale Sveum and it’s been updated already.
The only reason that I check Sveum’s entry was that I remember being suckered by my brother in a baseball card deal that rivals Duquette’s deal with the Devil Rays.
‘87 Topps Bo Jackson for ‘87 Topps Dale Sveum
What the f was I smoking.
ft
Also on MLB Home Plate on XM radio.
WOW. I guess they didnt want their own version of the Willie Watch
This is the latest firing of a manager of a team in contention I can ever remember.
Just confirmed via a Brewers press release
Trying to save the team..
Imagine if we had another month under Manuel.. it’d be Reye’s number up there instead of Alfonzo…
Yeah, Argenis Reyes
ha.. nice
more like Rey Ordonez
this thing is constantly changing, but I’ll try once more…
Sept. 15 at Nationals Pedro 7dr ,
Sept. 16 at Nationals Pelfrey 5dr ,
Sept. 17 at Nationals Knight ??
Sept. 18 at Nationals Santana 4dr ,
Sept. 19 at Braves Perez 4dr ,
Sept. 20 at Braves Pedro 4dr ,
Sept. 21 at Braves Pelfrey 4dr ,
Sept. 22 H Cubs Niese 8dr ,
Sept. 23 H Cubs Santana 4dr ,
Sept. 24 H Cubs Perez 4dr ,
Sept. 25 H Cubs Pedro 4dr ,
Sept. 26 H Marlins Pelfrey 4dr ,
Sept. 27 H Marlins Knight ??
Sept. 28 H Marlins Santana 4dr ,
we need to win ALL of Santana, Perez and Pelfrey’s starts
Funny but Pedro’s start may be one of the biggest of his career with the Mets.
considering he’s gotten bombed in all of his other “big starts” I agree
i disagree with that last homestand’s rotation. It’ll be Stanana on 3 days rest and Perez on the 28th on 3 days rest. No way they’re going to start Brandon Knight on the 27th.
Santana on 3 days rest, lol…
why would they start any pitchers on three days rest when a playoff spot is already clinched?
ya maybe by the Cubs but the Mets wont have anything clinched until the last series
This is eerily similar to the Mets giving Humber his ML start down the stretch last year…
Can’t believe Niese and Knight are starting two of the biggest games of the year….and our starting pitching is supposed to be our advantage over the Phils?
Eech
Once Maine went down , we ceased having the best Starting Pitching in the East.
It was with Blanton coming to the Phils and Myers resurgance that really did it…
The Astros are getting no hit thru 5 innings! 4-0 Cubs. (I never thought i’d have interest in this game. lol)
go to kevin goldstein’s chat on baseball prospectus
guy is a joke, thinks pelfrey is destined to be an above average pitcher, nothing more. it’s ridiculous
how is that ridiculous???
if you haven’t seen that pelfrey is a #2 starter at the minimum, you haven’t been watching
Mike Pelfrey is a good young pitcher but he’s no Tim Lincecum
14 games to go and knight and niese are getting starts? what are you going to do? at least the latter had a nice start to go with a bad one.
well we can always try El Duque :/
neise needs have another couple of strong starts b/c theres a very good chance Pedro doesnt make it to the playoffs IF we even get that far and considering the fact that Maine is done for the year we’re gonna need a 4th starter come playoff time.