So Jenrry Mejia went ahead and had his way with the Syracuse Chiefs last night, allowing five hits, one run and one walk and whiffing nine over eight innings. Apparently he yielded mostly ground balls, too, like he did in most of his starts in Binghamton. Electric stuff, they say.
And word is the Mets are thinking of calling him up to start Saturday’s game in Chicago, which I will be attending. So that’s awesome.
Let’s put aside for a moment the silly bullpen experiment that nearly everyone on the Internet knew was a terrible idea from the outset and instead think of how much brighter the future will look if the Mets get a few decent starts out of Mejia in the waning days of this weird, crummy and often stupid season.
And then let’s stop, take a deep breath and remember that Mejia’s still a baby in baseball terms, and that entering 2011 counting on him as a member of the rotation — no matter how well he performs in an audition this year — with no contingency plan would be foolhardy.
I’m getting ahead of myself. This is really an offseason concern. But then there’s not much left to talk about outside of the Mets’ epic middling. So here’s this: Regardless of what happens in September the Mets would be wise to bring in a solid starter in the winter.
I’ve still got my concerns over whether Mejia’s ready for Major League competition, and no 35 1/3 Minor League innings and four or five September starts are likely to change that.
And it seems like the Mets might be best served bringing him along slowly at first next year in Triple-A, giving him more time to hone his secondary offerings and limiting his innings, then unleashing him on the big leagues midseason or something. I don’t know; I’m no expert and I kind of hope he proves me wrong because as a fan I’m excited as anything for him. But I’m trying to remain patient.
I don’t think there’s any particular harm in a September audition, mind you, and I’m obviously interested to see how Mejia performs. I just don’t think it’ll be enough of a sample to show us anything meaningful.
In the meantime, enjoy some electric stuff:
Tedquarters 
If he does well as a starter this month then we can at least count on him as an 8th inning man next year, right?
(kidding)
you’re kidding, I’m legitimately frightened.
that being said Meija is at least a shining example of why the mets won’t be that hard to “fix” under competent management. The real hard part will be getting competent management. We have the pieces in our organization they’re just never properly managed.
But does ownership understand what the organization, as a whole, needs? I have hope, of course, but have no faith in Jeff Wilpon providing the organization with the type of leadership — and changes — it needs.
Yeah that’s why the hard part is getting competent management. I’m sure if there’s any changes made this off-season it will just be reshuffling or positions and/or more muddying of the power structure.