With Opening Day about 17 days away now, this is the time in Spring when pitchers start to show how they will perform over the course of the season. The first two weeks or so of Spring are about getting your arm strength back and just throwing pitches. These two weeks are about getting batters out and getting into game frame of mind. In other words, this is the time we should be critically looking at pitchers, as they are facing actual starting position players longer into games. Lucky for us, the Mets fans, this is when the Mets pitchers have actually started to look good.
Two pitchers who have been questioned (and rightfully so) over the winter have been Pelfrey and Perez. Pelfrey had a tremendous outing two days ago, and Perez had an average outing yesterday (4.50 ERA for that game). Of course we want above average, but with Perez, average is a great place to be right now.
Takahashi, the pitcher I was prasing in yesterday's article, had a fantastic outing last night, going for 2.1 innings, getting the save and continuing his scoreless streak. Seriously, start this guy, see what he has against the majors.
Another pitcher with a big outing yesterday was Krod. It wasn't as pretty as his first outing, this time he allowed two hits and didn't strike out anyone, but he still got through it without giving up a run in his second appearence this Spring. His possible set up man, Igarashi, also had a scoreless inning yesterday.
To add to the good feelings, Bay and Frenchy both hit two run homers yesterday, to continue to show how the Mets are flexing their power out there. There's a good feeling in the air now, and the Mets just need to take it with them to New York.
