Piggy backing off of yesterday's post, one must realize that last night was just one game. However, it was Game 2 for Mike Pelfrey and for the second consecutive outing, he looked small. There are probably some excuses that could be found for his performance in Florida last week but not last night. The man wasn't even able to make it out of the third inning, and that hurts the team in a number of ways.
First off, all the more pressure is placed on the offense's shoulders to score a lot of runs and credit to them, they did, scoring seven runs to get Small Pelf off the hook. Secondly, added innings to the bullpen. Those guys had to pitch a few innings in securing Tuesday's win, tacked on a lot more work last night and have a short rest since there's an afternoon game today. Finally, it has to kill Pelfrey's confidence. He might be one of the most short fused, mental pitchers in the game. One thing goes wrong for him and his mind starts to race and everything just seems to fall out of sync.
Listen, I'm not throwing the 'Ace' tag on him, because he's not that type of pitcher. I'm hoping that the organization and the rest of the media shed that title from him because it's unfair. He's a #2 pitcher and that's what we need from him; to be solid, get his 15 Ws, and give the team a chance to win each time he takes the mound. It didn't happen last night. It better happen Monday night at Citi Field vs the Rockies.
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