One pitcher I know the Mets will not be bringing up is Jared Eickhofff. Last year, on July 27, I went to a Mets-Braves game at Citi Field. Out of arms, the Mets started Jared Eickhoff, a journeyman who they had previously released. He gave up 10 runs -- 2 in each of the first three innings and 4 in the fourth inning -- on 7 hits (3 HRs) and 5 walks in 3 1/3 innings. It was like batting practice for the Braves. It was painful to watch. Me and a friend convinced a third friend, who refuses to ever leave a game, to leave with the score 12-0 (The Mets ended up losing 12-5). Eickhoff never pitched another inning for the Mets.
Why do I bring this up? Well, it was more than apparent to the three of us attending (and the Mets) that Jared Eickhoff was not a major league pitcher. But the Pirates are so bad and so desperate that they signed him and brought him up to pitch yesterday despite a 4.84 ERA in the minors. And as Yogi Berra might have said, it was like deja vu all over again. 4 1/3 innings -- so he lasted one more inning than last year -- 10 runs on 10 hits (2 HRs) and 1 walk. Painful.
One pitcher I know the Mets will not be bringing up is Jared Eickhofff. Last year, on July 27, I went to a Mets-Braves game at Citi Field. Out of arms, the Mets started Jared Eickhoff, a journeyman who they had previously released. He gave up 10 runs -- 2 in each of the first three innings and 4 in the fourth inning -- on 7 hits (3 HRs) and 5 walks in 3 1/3 innings. It was like batting practice for the Braves. It was painful to watch. Me and a friend convinced a third friend, who refuses to ever leave a game, to leave with the score 12-0 (The Mets ended up losing 12-5). Eickhoff never pitched another inning for the Mets.
Why do I bring this up? Well, it was more than apparent to the three of us attending (and the Mets) that Jared Eickhoff was not a major league pitcher. But the Pirates are so bad and so desperate that they signed him and brought him up to pitch yesterday despite a 4.84 ERA in the minors. And as Yogi Berra might have said, it was like deja vu all over again. 4 1/3 innings -- so he lasted one more inning than last year -- 10 runs on 10 hits (2 HRs) and 1 walk. Painful.