Mulvey On Trade Rumors and More

Don Burke at The Star Ledger writes about Kevin Mulvey, the recent trade rumors, him working out at his old college and making it in the Majors:

"You know there's nothing you can do about it," Mulvey said of the trade rumors. "It's not up to you what happens. You can't pack your bags, get on a bus and go to Shea and say, 'I'm in the big leagues now.' It's up to somebody else to call you up and give you your opportunity and, in the off-season, seeing your name mentioned in trade talks, I wouldn't say it's a bad thing because it means other teams want you. There's nothing you can do about that. If you get traded, you get traded. I just go about my day working out and trying to get better."

Mulvey throws all four of his pitches fastball, slider, curve, changeup -- for strikes, as evidenced by his strikeout-to-walk ratio (110-43) in 151 2/3 innings of work last season with Binghamton. Mulvey allowed just four home runs last season.

Cordero For Humber? Looks Like A Go

I am not sure about the idea of trading a potential front-of-the-rotation starter for a reliever who is not only not a power-pitcher but is also not being relied upon as our closer (that would STILL be one fire-balling Billy Wagner, thank you very much!), but the Mets are apparently very close to trading Humber for Cordero in what may end up being a larger deal when all is said and done. Could it also include Jon Rauch? Possible...we'll keep you posted.

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Apparently it will also cost one of Mike Carp or Kevin Mulvey. I think the Nats will choose Mulvey and get another pitching prospect.

John Young

Call Someone Else Up Already!

I am getting a little bored with the call ups of pitchers that Omar is making. I guess Dave Williams isn't as good as we thought he was going to be.

I have my eyes on two particular pitchers to call up:

1. Kevin Mulvey- The 2nd round pick last year of the New York Mets, you can not give the excuse that he is "too inexperienced and needs more time in the minors" because this is exactly what the Mets did to Pelfrey last year.
Check out Mulvey's stats....

6-8 (doesn't get run support) with a 3.40 era (not that bad). He seems like he is the kind of pitcher that when he does well, he dominates, and when he struggles, he is awful. I think we should give him a shot this year,

2. Phillip Humber- Everybody knows the name by now. Humber is one of the Mets top prospects and is returning from 2 arm surgeries (he can still bring the heat). He strikes out a lot of batters and reminds me a bit of John Maine. His Minor League Stats are not too impresive, but again, like Mulvey, has the ability to throw 7 innings of shut out ball (see his last 10 games. some good, some bad).

Note: It can't get much worse than what Pelfrey, Williams, and Vargas have done.

-Tommy from Bleed Orange And Blue