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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
Heh, very good. You know, he's had that look in his eyes at times when it appears he himself is wondering what happened, and what's going to happen.
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I can tell you what happened; considering Tommy John surgery and thoracic outlet syndrome and all that ****, he had every single scary surgery you really don't want to have as a pitcher, except maybe for having half of a splintered bat removed from your groin area.
Then there's the problem that he was a real ****stand and stumbled from one PR disaster to the next when he was actually successful, which already pissed off even part of the Mets fanbase (not me).
So, now you have a pitcher that nobody likes, for whom six innings, three runs appears to be a lofty goal at the best of times, going about his job with that certain deer-in-the-headlights expression, and all that when we're coming from the famous "Harvey's better!" game against the Gnats in '13, and who probably figured to make some $200m at some point, and now has to wonder whether he'll be in community college two years from now.
And talking about "Harvey's better!", Strasburg hasn't been exactly a poster boy for resilience, but at least he's still pitching well... Harvey however is the worst kind of mess, and should the Mets ever be able to pry Jason Vargas off the stretcher, I'd obviously remove Harvey from the rotation.
And the 25-man...