I'm a couple days late to this trade as I spent the weekend in D.C. watching my Hoyas beat Memphis in an overtime thriller. The post-game celebration is still a little hazy...Anyways, Scott "The Big Show" Schoeneweis has been spared the embarrassment of being booed on opening day during pre-game intros in 2009. He was traded to Arizona for 27-year old RHP Connor Robertson. Whatever. This was the latest in Omar Minaya's bullpen house-cleaning, as Schoeneweis, Aaron Heilman, and Joe Smith have been shipped out in the last week. Schow had a terrible 2007, an OK 2008, and was always useful vs. lefties. Pedro Feliciano is the last lefty in the 'pen, and I think he's safe. Check out Metstradamus for a nice picture of Omar and his bullpen.
Schoeneweis kind of looks like Tony Romo. Robertson has minimal major league experience, but has a 3.33 ERA in 300 minor league innings. His minor league K/9 is 11.31(!!) and K/BB is an excellent 3.12. However, he only throws in the high 80's so who knows if his ridiculous strikeout ability will ever translate to the majors. The Mets cut some salary here so the trade is fine with me. I'd like to see another lefty added to the 'pen (Joe Beimel? Dennys Reyes?).
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Hoya Saxa! Good to know there's another Georgetowner who doesn't root for the Red Sox.
Now if we can just sign Lowe and get Summers to play to his potential in every game this could be a great winter.
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