Mike Pelfrey has been pitching with forearm tendonitis, according to an on 
air report from ESPN.com’s Peter Gammons.
In his two starts this season, Pelfrey has a 8.10 ERA, having allowed nine runs on 13 hits in ten innings, He has surrendered three home runs, walked six and struck out five.
…i can’t decide if i’m more relieved that there is a reason for pelfrey’s poor start, or nervous that this could be a significant injury… let’s hope he can take the time to get healthy early in the season if need be, instead of letting it explode into a long term issue…
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okay so what happens now ? cortisone shot and wait?
good moring my friends its time for the early a.m edition of "this day in mets infamy with rusty" so i gotta get to work so lets get this goin
b-day wishes go out to former left fielder with a million dollar bat and 2 cent brain Jeromy "dallas green's favorite met" Burnitz (1969)
Ricky "the dragon" Otero (1972)
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New York Mets traded Mac Scarce to the Cincinnati Reds for Tom Hall on April 15, 1975. and it was scarce playing time for hall after that – ba dum dun
New York Mets signed free agent José " jose jose josejose " Oquendo on April 15, 1979. – proved to be the first coming of rey ordonez
and look out tonite mo vaughn will be putting in an appearence – he's going to challenge shefield to a sumo wrestling match !!! stay tuned
New York Mets signed free agent Alberto Castillo on April 15, 1987.
Ah, Burnitz. One of the most violent swings I've ever seen.
sounds like he may need to go on the shelf for a while. Wasn't hoping certainly to have to test the depth of the rotation so early!
Give Parnell a start.
Man its a good thing we have Freddy Garcia in reserve, our GM is a genius
At least we signed Ollie Perez so we have consistent starters to fall back on that we all have confidence in.
I'm with Jordan on this. Tendonitis can be a nagging problem. Sometimes it can signify the start of arthritis. Here's hoping that's not the problem. Depending on the severity though, this can take weeks to heal. Crap….didn't take long for the first injury.
yea that sux..but at least it happened early in the season and not down the stretch….
Give him some rest and i guess satisfy the niese fanclub and call him up as he has options and can go down once redding gets back.
Please we are not going any where with this team lets be honest here .The reason why so many Met fans are down on this team already is because its pretty much the same team frm last yr and 07 and they playing this way since last yr so yeah its only been a few games but this been going on since last August
Billy Wagner started out with forearm tendinitis before it became TJ.
Zakarin is releived that the guy has an injury!! This is truly a strange post.
poorly worded maybe, but the logic of at least knowing there is a problem (as opposed to him just sucking) makes some sort of sense.
I would much rather it be sucking, than it be injury
When a guy has talent, sucking is quickly fixable, an in jury is not….
Agreed. How can anyone be relieved that a poor start is due to an injury. Im sure every Met fan would prefer it being a slow start. If this guy misses some time, it will be huge.
Welcome to Citifield Mr. Niese and Mr. Gee!
Agreed
John Patterson, Tim Hudson, Billy Wagner — all had forearm tendonitis before realizing it was an elbow issue (or the forearm injury created strain and injury to elbow later). I'm sure there are also plenty of forearm strains that turned out fine. Here's the thing: while forearm tendonitis or elbow strains don't always lead to TJS (see: Johan this spring), the pitchers that wind up getting TJS almost always started off with some kind of similar injury. So he may be fine, but this is the first sign of a serious problem.
I would pay Pedro $3mil if Pelf has a serious injury and keep Niese in AAA.
So would I
Johan's issue was simple soreness in his triceps tendon, which is leagues different than forearm tendinitis.
only problem is pedro wants 5mil guarenteed
only problem is pedro wants 5mil guarenteed and could possibly end up sitting right next to pelf on the DL after his first start….
Why do you care? Is it your money? Why don't you want your team getting the best they can get? Better yet, why don't you become a Pirate fan so you can live in the luxury of cheap talent.
Yikes. Someone a little cranky this morning?
Mr Niese currently has a 9.00 ERA in AAA after 2 starts, hes not ready at all.
Unrelated, but Lastings Milledge was demoted to the minor leagues. He was hitting .167 with 10 strikeouts.
I also heard he showed up to their home opener 30 minutes before game time, can't remember where I heard this.
Yeh, the guy is overrated. Yeh we sold low on him but bringing in Church for him was well worth it.
wow…..thrilledge not looking too good there.
Funny, I was reading reports earlier how Manny Acta was impressed with Milledge's improved defensive skills. I guess they came at the cost of his bat.
Talk about a kid who can't get out of his own way.
I'd be up for giving a start to Gee or Parnell. I really don't want to see Niese in the majors until the middle of the season at the earliest.
Man, this is just another in a string of disappointments to start the season.
Talk about injuring a kid. You have had Parnell pitch no more than 2 innings from Day 1 of spring training and you advocate starting him!!!! Why do you want him injured?
somewhere tom verducci is smiling…
LMAOOOO!!!!
good post!!
thanks…so, is this nothing or something?
Oh well, Is anyone still confident about this team's chances this year. The rotation was razor thin as it was. I guess we will be buying starting pitching come the trade deadline. So long Fernando Martinez.
By the trade deadlne he'll be on the DL so I doubt he'll be an option.
If we can get a top flight starter for a package centered on FMart, I'm up for it. He has never shown any ability to stay healthy.
Definitely think it's time to sign Pedro if Pelfrey is injured…that would be quite the story if he came in here, pitched well and made the crowd at Citi field go nuts
Where is Figgy, is he in the minors? he can get a call up. Hes not that bad of an option for a start or two
But only if it is for one start. If we have to rely on him for more than that, then we're asking for trouble.
I agree. for a start or two he owuld not be a bad option. So far Santana's been great. Livan and his one start was prettty good. Maine was pretty good.
i forgot about figgy….he may get the call.
Sign Pedro and bring up Neise.
Not a knee jerk reaction, but I'd rather shut Pelfrey down now and deal with the injury than send him out there at a disadvantage.
Pedro pitched very well in the WBC. Why not have him ready for May 15th? I'm pretty sure about Santana, Livan & Ollie being able to make their 34 starts, but Maine & Pelfrey require some insurance.
I doubt we are giving Pedro 5 mil
he pitched against the netherlands
Normally this wouldn't concern me, but wasn't Wagner initially diagnosed with forearm tendonitis?
I wonder how far along tim redding is at the moment??
Anyone know how garcia/niese are doing in the minors…
Niese is getting shelled. Other than him, I'm not sure.
Niese pitched yesterday and currently has a 9.00 ERA in 2 games.
not good at all, i guess he's not ready for the bigs at this point.
Sign Pedro!!!!
What next? With an injury like that, how long is the recovery time? This is not good, whatsoever!
Probably a trip to the 15 day DL followed by prayers that it's not going to lead to a more serious injury requiring the knife.
We're dead.
because we never survived an injury to a starting pitcher before…CMON
need i remind you of pedro martinez….
its a nothing that can lead into a something lol
Damn…and your heart definitely goes out to Pelfrey. He has work so hard to get to this point. Hopefully, the time off recuperating will allow him to heal and grasp his velocity and mechanics.
Absolutely. He seems like a real good guy and a really hard worker. He finally gets himself into the rotation and this happens. I hope he gets through it and comes back really strong. Reducing his innings now might actually be good, cause we can keep him strong to be a nice 1-2 punch with Johan in October. :) Gotta keep the wishful thinking alive.
This is all Tom Verducci's fault.
I'm sorry…but how is this Verducci's fault?
Nudge.
Wink.
I was going to post this.
Damn that guy.
I agree Dirty. It's not like the Mets did not have a Pedro Martinez, or to a lessor extent Moises Alou (non-pitcher). Let's just hope the pitcher asked to replace Pelf will do a solid job. By the way, how's Redding?
just wondering, why do you put effort into this team (ie post on their blog) if you are so down on them? I m trying to understand fans like you ( and their is a whole lot you here) that just give up so early in the season….please explain if you want or even can….just seems like something that should be fun (rooting on your team in whatever sport) is a miserable experience for you….other people please respond as well….
Guess that's a good point. How about slot Gee into the rotation and start having Parnell condition himself for a return to starting. Give him extra work during games, too. I just don't like any of the other options right now: Figgy, Niese, Garcia, Knight, etc.
Damn you Tom Verducci!
Agreed Darknova. We have to stay positive not only for the team but for Big Pelf. :-)
Hopefully he can bounce back from this quickly but at least we do have some options in Figgy/Niese/Garcia for a few starts at least.
This could be serious, but Pelf is young and tough, he should bounce back from this fairly soon.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Pedro Martinez landing in Laguardia.
There real question is why was this franchise allowing to him to pirch with this?
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