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Phil Hoops, in a post for Bleacher Report, analyzes Sean Green and his performance this past season, and whether or not the Mets should bring him back in 2010.
Hoops breaks down his performance on a month to month basis, and says that while he struggled early on, he performed real well after modifying his delivery and release point and that it might be worth bringing Green back in 2010 because he is a low risk option.
…i agree with Phil – i think that they should consider bringing him back, simply because if he is right, he can be solid against tough right handers…
…however, when he wasn’t right, he really created a hole…he did lose games simply by hitting a batter with the bases loaded and walked in the winning run, but there were times, especially towards the end of the year when he was real solid and at the very least, he deserves a look if other options don’t work out…
…i think that part of the problem with the Mets bullpen over the past few seasons is that they have been overused and over-managed…i think that they have a lot of specialists, designed to get either a tough lefty out or a tough righty out, and they get left in to face hitters that are likely to beat them up…
…the overuse stems from their starters inability to go deep into games, and repeated use day after day…i mean, Pedro Feliciano had an outstanding 2009 campaign, but he has pitched in 52 percent of the team’s games since the beginning of 2007 so the question i ask is when is all of that mileage going to catch up with pitchers like Feliciano…
For more on Green and Hoops continuing series on the Mets bullpen, check out The Bleacher Report.
if you think parnell can set up id consider bringing green back.him or putz have to depart so we can add a second lefty in the pen to go with krod,parnell,stokes,feliciano,longman
Has it gotten so bad that we’ve totally lost the abolity to tell an awful pitcher from one with potential to do anything?
This clown made me actually miss Heilman. He lost a game on a bases-loaded walk. He lost a game on a bases-loaded hit batsman. He lost a game on a bases-loaded wild pitch. The only reason to bring him back would be to see if he can get a bases-loaded balk.
This guy cannot get off of this roster fast enough. We’ve all seen a steady parade of these types of gasoline-can relievers in our time. Green is one of the worst.
..And in regards to the question of overmanaging…do we ever put the accountability on the players anymore?
The Mets don’t have too many ’specialists’…they have too many BAD PITCHERS! When your pitchers stink like this your only hope is to play the matchups.
The other problem is our dope manager really taxes guys to the point where they aren’t effective. Parnell was being used 5 or 6 times a week at the beginning of the year which is simply negligent.
though you may be right, but the truth is the league caught up to Parnells straight fastball and no true 2nd pitch.
As far as green is concerned, he a number of big moments this year but he had some really dreadful moments. If there are no options out there for an upgrade, you bring him back. Or at the least keep him in the minors.
It’s not always that starters can’t go deep, it’s that they’re not allowed to. WAY too much importance has been put on the bullpen the last few years throughout baseball, and it is messed up. Relievers are by and large in the pen because they aren’t as good as starters. Why can’t pitchers go 8 and 9 innings any more? They used to all the time.
he needs to come back, who knows if he was healthy at any time last year … when healthy, the guy is pretty good.
if nothing else, he provides some trade bait at the deadline … which we’ll likely need.
For the funky delivery guy, I’d rather have Chad Bradford than Sean Green.
Green was prone to unusual lapses in control last year that resulted in wild pitches and walks. He also threw pitches up in the zone and was damaged significantly as a consequence. By contrast, ChadBrad always appeared to bear down when it mattered most – instances where Sean Green came up too short too often.
In conclusion, I think Sean Green has talent, but I question whether he has the killer instinct necessary to raise his level of performance in must-win situations.
Apart from talent, we need winning pitchers and winning ballplayers. I do not consider Sean Green to fit that mold.
I’ll keep this simple. He is not good, get someone better. The End.
Who, Zeile?