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drstevenbruhle
Lugo deserves the 5th spot in the Mets rotation assuming he picks up where he left off last season. Gsellman did a solid job too and I’m sure Mets fans would like to see Wheeler live up to his potential but until that happens Lugo has to be the go to man in the rotation.
metseventually 2
I think Gsellman would be the better option for the regular 5th man in the rotation. Wheeler should be tried in the bullpen, Lugo as the spot starter.
Gsellman uses 3 pitches, Lugo uses 2.
drstevenbruhle
Gsellman may have more pitches but lugo seems to have more control and has put up better numbers.
chesteraarthur
I’d imagine wheeler is at least a full year from being able to handle a starters workload. Much easier to manage innings and workload in the pen
metseventually 2
This is true and I agree- but working every other or third day is different than every fifth or sixth.
baseballdeez
There’s no way Aguilar is “sharing time” with Thames. There’s a reason the market was demanding 5M/yr for his services with several teams trying to acquire him. Aguilar was a good sign but the Brewers might roll with 13 pitchers, which means he’ll have to murder the ball in spring to take the 12th positional spot. As of right now the bench is backup catcher (lock), Perez (lock), Scooter (lock), Kirk (lock). If Kirk somehow doesn’t make it you now have Perez as the main backup in CF/RF with Scooter backing up LF. That’s not going to happen. Scooter would need to be traded and Aguilar would need to kill it. But Thames is still starting while Aguilar fills in here and there and provides power off bench. If the Brewers go with 12 pitchers having the odd man SP in long relief, if not traded, then I can see Aguilar taking the 13th positional spot for reasons stated above. It’s a much more balanced bench too.
ronnsnow
It makes absolutely no sense to break camp with 13 pitchers, especially being teams dont usually need a 5th starter with how the schedule works out.
oebrr00
Great breakdown baseballdeez. It will be interesting to see if Scooter can become proficient at other positions. I wouldn’t count him out just yet.
fisher40
Since he’s breaking camp as an OF Scooter will either be traded or waived by the deadline. Reason being is that Brinson should be ready by July if not earlier
sufferforsnakes
I’m rooting for Aguilar. Chewy never gave him a decent chance to stick in the majors.