Established pitchers with more than 100 career big-league wins apiece ordinarily aren't told to show up on an off day to face low-level prospects in a 9 a.m. simulated game.
While Livan Hernandez only enhanced his status as the overwhelming favorite to land the Mets' No.5 starter job under such conditions Monday, Freddy Garcia's days in camp appear to be dwindling. "Everything's perfect right now, everything's looking good," said Hernandez, who threw 85 pitches over five innings, allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts. "Right now, I'm 100%. I'm good to go." Continue
That's really thinking out of the box. Thsnak!
Posted by: Xandy | April 11, 2011 at 05:49 PM