3 Up And 3 Down August 7-14

3 Up

• Bobby Parnell
• Billy Wagner
• Anderson Hernandez

Today Bobby Parnell went 6 shutout innings, notching his first major league win as a ,

walking none, and striking out seven on 80 pitches, which is quite effecient, throwing 61 of them for strikes. In the sixth inning h

e looked tired, but was able to get through it without any runs allowed, and at one point had stricken out four consecutive batters, and was as poised and intimidating as Johan Santana or Roy Halladay, which for the young converted reliever Bobby Parnell is a good sign, he did a good job of scattering the only three hits he allowed, all of them came in different innings, so the Giants never got started, so they could not get on a roll, which is another young Mets starter's issue (cough Mike Pelfrey cough). He is developing his secondary pitches that are not fastballs because he is starting, so even if he ends up back in the bullpen it will be good for his development.

Billy Wagner has thrown 4 innings at St Lucie, allowing one baserunner, and striking out 6, and walking none, he has allowed one hit, dominating the hitters and looking good the whole way, and he is projected to be with the team and availible for Jerry Manual for Sunday's game, which has to be a record for speediest recovery from Tommy John surgery, as it will be about 11 months frmo the surgery, and he will be availible to pitch, Jerry has said he will use him as a lefty specialist at first, and then stretch him out. We should try to get him to Type-A free agent status so we can get two picks for him, which would end up giving us in effect, 3 first rounders, and considering the last time we had a first rounder was 2008, and we did not have one in 07, or 05, it would be a great thing for our farm system if we could add 3 first rounders to it.

He played just three games for us this week, after being acquired from Washington for Greg Veloz, but he was our hottest hitter. He had eleven PAs, reached base 6 times, on two walks and four hits, including two multi hit games, and has been another one of those small bright spots us Mets fans need to keep us from watching Jets preseason games, he played good defense, not giving up anything, and had a .444/.545/.556 line for the week. His BABIP was .800, and the reason his batting average was so low was because of his four strike outs for the week, but that is only a minor problem. He was acquired from Washingon for a lesser version of himself, almost Anderson Hernandez 0.0, because Veloz has less plate discipline...

3 Down

• David Wright
• Jeff Francoeur
• Mike Pelfrey

David Wright had a bad week, and truly is having the oddest .320 season ever, as he will have a career high in Ks by a long shot.

The honeymoon is over.

Send him down?