Nova On The Way
Ivan Nova is headed up to New York to back up the bullpen.
It's kind of a curious decision because Nova would have made his regular start today and he has pitched very well in Scranton this year with a 2.43ERA in 37 innings. Since he is already stretched out, wouldn't it have made more sense to just let him start and keep Mitre in his role?
There's a pretty solid chance we see Nova pitch in the next two days which would be fun. He's 23 and should be one of the top in-house candidates to join the rotation next year.
Comments
Peter - Does it make more sense? SURE !!! Would they ever do that? Nah, too radical to bring up a AAA guy to start a game for us. Gotta go with the experienced arm, even if the experienced arm has a somewhat dubious track record. I suppose I could say something like "how much trouble could Mitre get into in only 60 pitches" - but I know we can get buried with fewer pitches than that.
I'd love to be wrong about the guy (Sergio), but we'll see what we see when we see it.
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May 10, 2010 04:26 PM
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