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A Call to Arms

Well, it seems that the theory of never having enough arms is more true than ever. Although the Mets have a stacked pen and plenty of starting options, they are on the verge of landing another erratic arm with tons of talent in the form of former Devil Ray and Brave, Jorge Sosa.While some are already trying to compare him to Oliver Perez, and maybe there is something to it. The 2006 records and numbers are similar. We all know that this was a horrible year for Perez because we have his 2004 Cy Young try out for referencing his great ability and success.

What do we have on Sosa? Well in 2005 he went 13-3 with the hated Braves with a 2.55 era. He also hit 3 homers last year and walked twice in 20 ab’s so the guy has more than just an idea on how to hit. Anyone who has read my posts knows that I feel if you are going to bring a player to NY then they should be very versatile, especially if they are pitchers in the National League. How much has Glavine’s ability to make good contact helped his career? How about Mike Hampton and his still wildly insane contract? It definitely helps you become more successful and of course increases your value to a team.

Something else I like about Sosa is that he can come out of the pen or start, now either way, he will need a lot of work done but he could be good here. All I can say about him is that when the team is good, he is good, and when it’s bad, you get last years 5.42 era.

If signed, he could come out of the pen and cover for the first half until Mota comes around (Who I would like to see gone.) and trade one of the two by mid-season- moving Humber, Pelfrey or Williams into the rotation. The latter three you want to remain on this team. Far too much upside and ability.
I feel a trade would have to be done to give room in that pen because as it is right now there are 6 spots to fill with about 10 candidates trying out. Those spots were vacated by Darren Oliver, Chad Bradford, Royce Ring, Guillermo Mota*, Pedro Martinez* and Steve Trachsel.

(* temporary absence)
The fill-in options, excluding potential signings, would be:

John Maine^, Oliver Perez^, Dave Williams^, Philip Humber, Michael Pelfrey, Aaron Heilman, Jason Vargas, Jason Standridge, John Adkins, Adam Bostik, Ambiorix Burgos, Steve Schmoll and last but definitely not least Juan Padilla.

(^ most likely to land the rotation spots)
This is going to be a very deep pen that is only going to be strengthened by the additions of Scott Schoeneweis and Jorge Sosa. That’s a lot of arms to fill in those spots with, but as we all know, it’s a great problem to have. I’m sure Willie would agree.

Well that’s what spring training is about and I can’t wait for that first day where I can grab the ball, glove, my bat and cleats and just enjoy America’s favorite past time. I love this game.

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