Fortunately, this year, I have a few more reasons to hate the inferior team in New York.
This guy here is Met's pitching coach Dan Warthen. After his mediocre Major League Career, with an ERA of 4.31 over 4 seasons. he became the pitching coach for the Mets. Now, no one is going to claim the Mets have great pitching. The best they have is Johan Santana, and even with his 2.98 ERA in 2010 his lack of run support earned him 11 wins.
Their pathetic starting pitching also called for a strong bullpen, and that's where Pedro Feliciano comes in. Warthen had him in 92 games last year! That's right, 92. When his contract was up, they gladly gave him to the Yankees for an $8 million, 2 year deal. No big deal, until Warthen had the audacity to claim they didn't want their left hand specialist anymore, because he pitched too much last year. Who's fault is that Warthen?
This was in response to Yankees GM Brian Cashman who said the Mets abused Feliciano by pitching him too much. Those 92 games put Feliciano on the DL for the first time in his career with a strained rotator-cuff. But, not to fear. Feliciano promised big results in the Subway Series. He promised to strike out Mets power-hitter Ike Davis and then jump on the mound. As for me, I can't wait to see it. Glad to have you Pedro.
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