The Mets' new savior
ESPNNewYork's Mets Blog believes that Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey deserves to start the All-Star Game for the National League next month in a nod over the St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright-- even though Wainwright has 10 wins to Harvey's 7, a comparable ERA, three complete games and two shut-outs to Harvey's zero (for each), a 106-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio, a home run ratio of one every 29 innings, and he beat Harvey head-to-head in New York on June 13th.Blogger Adam Rubin, who, according to his bio, covered the Mets for the New York Daily News for 10 years before joining ESPNNewYork (yes, apparently that's how you write it) argues that, when faced with a choice, we must remember how much "Harvey means to the Mets," who are hosting this year's Midsummer Classic. Rubin's logic here is impeccable. Wainwright has done virtually nothing to help the Mets this season-- in fact he beat them in his only start against them, and also, memorably kept them out of the World Series in 2006.
In related news, ESPNSt.Louis does not exist-- with or without spaces between the words, and there is no such thing as an ESPN "Cardinals Blog."
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It's fun to play the Astros again. The Cards get 'em for two games this year in Houston, last night and tonight, even though the Houston team was bullied into joining the American League before this season began. Speaking of the Astros, how the hell is Jeff Bagwell not in the Hall of Fame?
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But there's something monstrously wrong about a Cardinals/Astros series that features the DH.
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It's hilarious that A-Rod wants back with the Yankees. Yesterday, after the (one-time) slugger tweeted that he had been cleared to play-- by his own personal physician, GM Brian Cashman responded by saying, no joke, "Alex should just shut the fuck up." Lovely.
I enjoyed this particular exchange because of all the dynamics at play. One of which, of course, is A-Rod's addiction to steroids, but also, know that Cashman didn't want to sign A-Rod to his enormous contract in 2007 to begin with. That signing is a constant reminder to all of us that Brian Cashman has no power in the Yankees organization, and has always been simply a lackey for the dictatorial family that owns the club. Also, it's clear that the Yankees don't want A-Rod healthy at all-- despite their pointed claims to the contrary-- because they want to collect on the insurance for his injury. The man collects $28 million a year in salary and his contract doesn't run out until 2017. A successful insurance claim would recoup 80% of that.
Like I said, hilarious.
posted by CM @ 9:19 PM
1 Comments:
In Rubin's defense, and I'm sure Wainwright would tell you, Jesus (Christ, not Martinez) is overwhelmingly the reason for Wainwright's success, which puts Harvey at a distinct disadvantage. Rubin sounds like someone who would not understand this, or would deny it. So if the real competition for starter is between Christ and Harvey, Harvey will have to start for obvious reasons. Or Mat Latos.
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