November 16, 2007

Does Torrealba help land Jennings?

From Ed Ryan at Mets Fever (Network Member):


Although Carlos Silva is considered the best free agent pitcher this year, that has more to do with consistency then it does potential. Jason Jennings may have the most potential and best stuff of the entire group. The former ace of the Colorado Rockies is coming off the worse year of his career, in which he was riddled with injuries. He only made 19 starts, going 2-9 with a 6.45 ERA. But the year before was considered a break out year for Jennings, he compiled a record of 9-13 with an ERA of 3.78 and walked 85 while striking out 142. Keeping in mind that he was pitching his home games in Colorado and the Rockies weren't very good that year, the numbers aside from the record are pretty good. Jennings made 32 starts in 2006, in which he pitched 212 innings and his catcher was Torrealba. A pitcher coming off injuries might want to play in a situation where he's comfortable by working with a catcher he's familiar with. I'm sure it would be appealing for him to work with Peterson who might help him find his mechanical flaws and avoid additional injuries. Not only is Shea a pitchers park but Jennings being a contact pitcher would have a solid defense behind him. Teams might not be willing to take a risk on him, but I think he might be the steal of the market.......

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

interesting statement. i dont think the mets want to take on another project right now

Anonymous said...

could be interesting to see him in the mix with maine and perez