Comments on: Note: Wagner is Throwing 90 MPH

By: metsfan1

metsfan1 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:27:32 +0000

It is too early to be talking about getting Wagner back although it is encouraging to hear he is getting up to 90mph. Maybe we will get lucky and have him ready by late July or early August but to expect him before that is wishful thinking.

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:41:44 +0000

Franco has no shot…He was long enough to compile a very nice resume, like Fred McGriff, but Franco was never among the dominant closers of his era. In fact any closer who pitched during the golden age of Mariano Rivera will have a very tough shot at the Hall, outside of Trevor Hoffman, and John Smoltz, who is getting in due to his body of work as a starter AND closer.

As for question 2: 31 will be retired sooner rather than later, but it won’t be for Franco. So if it comes to it, he gets 45.

By: metsrule77

metsrule77 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:23:27 +0000

Didn’t Josh Johnson come back from Tommy John pretty quickly. And he even has more life on his fastball, if Wagner can get back to 95-98 with his slider, i’ll take him and (a healthy) Putz for the 7th and 8th innings depending on what the matchups are for those 2 innings.

By: wnymetsfan

wnymetsfan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:08:01 +0000

I would rather see Wags than Takahashi in any situation coming out of the pen. He also should be able to not be the closer and still have that rush a lot of them thrive on. If he plans on pitching next year that would be his audition and he would stand to get a much better contract and security if he showed he was healthy and effective

By: wnymetsfan

wnymetsfan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:06:08 +0000

Very true. I say give the ball to Figgy and than keep him here in the pen. He might actually be able to help Feliciano get a few lefties out.

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:55:18 +0000

Would Pedro give you anything more than Nelson Figueroa?

Figueroa’s allowed 2 ER or fewer in 7 of 9 AAA starts this year (and 3 or fewer in 8 of 9). Opposing hitters are batting just .219 against him. And he’s gone at least 7 innings in 5 of 9 starts (and at least 6 innings in 7 of 9).

By: Razor Shines

Razor Shines — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:50:39 +0000

Speaking of Franco, if he does get into the Hall of Fame, do the Mets retire his number? He has more saves and a lower ERA than Goose Gossage, first lefty to 400 saves, etc etc. Personally he is not a Hall of Famer to me, I’m more stringent and don’t believe milestones should matter too much, but the argument can and will be made, and he was a team captain too (as far as retiring his number at Citi)

Question 2: Which number do you retire? He wore 31 for 8 or 9 yrs and 45 for his last 5 or so.

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:48:20 +0000

Buffalo lefty Adam Bostick is another option. Between AA and AAA he’s got a 1.93 ERA and has allowed just 16 hits in 23.1 IP with 5 BB to 25 K. In 6 IP in AAA he has yet to allow a hit.

By: pcmetsfan07

pcmetsfan07 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:45:13 +0000

Something tells me that Billy, unlike JJ will not have a problem finding adrenaline for whenever he is used. He knows this is it for him. He would be a huge help…for the pen, even if it is just a morale boost.

BTW, what are people’s thoughts on looking into Pedro again with Maine going down?

By: Razor Shines

Razor Shines — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:41:58 +0000

Mike Gonzalez was on pace to come back after 10 months, but during his rehab he broke some scar tissue and was set back two weeks, then had to start his rehab over. He was closing a month later, but the point is, Wagner still has to throw to batters, then get in some rehab games, see if he can pitch back to back days, and not have any setbacks. Without the setbacks we’re still looking at a month minimum for all that, with a minor setback of a week or two we’re looking at August 1st.