Best of the Mets on WFAN: Five or Six? The Rotation Dilemma
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
Ron Darling bringing the hammer down on Kodai Senga and how the Mets should handle their rotation. Because currently they have six guys. Everybody's healthy, knock on wood. But what do you do?
Do you have another six-man rotation, Ronnie? This is my feeling. And Senga's been here long enough. I think it's time to be in a five-man rotation. And the rotation should not work around him anymore. It should work with him.
Now that is Ron, who is as classy as they come, bringing the hammer down. Should not work around him anymore.
What are the pros and cons of a six-man rotation for the Mets?
Should work with him. With him. Which means we are not building a six-man rotation because of you. Right. Now my one pushback... Well, he's not the ace. He's not the ace, but he's only made four starts on regular rest, and they're not good. So don't you want to maximize the players on your roster? Yeah, but you also have enough pitching right now with... the two guys that we were talking about, McClain and... Freddie Peralta. Freddie Peralta. And then Clay Holmes, I think is going to even have a better season this year. Hopefully it gets depth in the games, but he just learned it a year ago. So now I think he'll be better. Your rotation is not bereft of talent. No, I mean, right now... So you have talent.
So what would you do? You send someone to the bullpen? I... Or do you go six-man and say, sorry, Ronnie, we're going six-man?
I think you conveniently go six-man, which is when you're ready to pitch, Kodai Senga will work you in. Now, this makes it really hard for Mendoza to think about this. He's going to have to think about it like months out. But you don't want... To risk Nolan McLean and Freddie Peralta missing starts because you've got to wait for Kodai Senga.
How should the Mets handle Kodai Senga's role in the rotation?
Right. You pitch them on their fifth day. Right. And you manipulate Senga around that. Right. You manipulate everybody else. Yeah. I'm a big fan of the tag team. And because Sean Mania and Kodai Senga still haven't pitched yet in spring training, I have no reason to believe anything's going to change with them. Tag team those guys. Right. Where they pitch in the same game. What do they call it? Piggyback. I like tag team. The other thing was, it's spring training. The St. Louis Cardinal radio announcers went to town on Juan Soto. Juan Soto. Did he really? Yes. He had a pop-up the other day and didn't run it out. Would you like to hear the Cardinal announcers?
Nice.
Here it is. Tell me if this is justified or not. The St. Louis Cardinal announcers bitching about our guy, Juan Soto.
That is sky high. Matthews can't see it, but Pajes can, and he makes the play in fair territory with Soto not running. Can't stand seeing that. If he would have dropped that ball, which was a distinct possibility, they may have been able to throw Soto out at first base. And he'd been running all the way. He stood a chance to maybe be on second if that ball falls in. And he would have still had his bat in his hand, too, because he never lost that. I don't know. I'm just not a big fan of that. Not that hard.
It's spring training, buddy. It's spring training, and was there anybody on base? I don't even remember. Okay, if there was nobody on base, who cares if you throw him out or catch him out? Well, I mean, then he doesn't get on base. I know, but he was saying he was going so slow, he could have just dropped it and thrown him out at first base. Right. But if there's nobody on base, who cares? Well, because who cares that he would be out? I know, but what he was saying was that Short pop fly to right field. Juan Soto's just not even running out. Why would the right fielder drop the ball just to have to throw him out? Oh, no, no, no. I'm saying if he accidentally drops the ball. That's what they're implying.
If there's a mistake.
To me, it's not like he was saying, right fielder, just drop the ball. Oh, no, no. I think what he's saying is if there was a mistake. And here's what I agree with the Cardinal announcers. If this is a regular season game, I kind of agree with them. Just run the ball out. At least move. They're just practicing as if it's regular season.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:01–0:36
2
What are the pros and cons of a six-man rotation for the Mets?
0:36–1:45
3
How should the Mets handle Kodai Senga's role in the rotation?
1:45–5:11
4
What is the controversy surrounding Juan Soto's performance?
5:11–40:59
5
What are the implications of Mike Piazza's vodka business?
40:59–41:19
6
How does the discussion shift to the Clemens-Piazza incident?
41:19–41:41
7
What are the arguments surrounding Roger Clemens' actions?
41:41–42:16
8
What insights are shared about the Mets' starting rotation strategy?
42:16–1:15:35
Speakers
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