Tale of two pitchers:
One has both and talent and potential and is pitching for a rotation spot in 2013.
That would be Kyle McPherson.
The other is Jenry Mejia of the Mets, and he's pitching, well I have no idea at all why he's pitching in the majors.
He's an 0-5 MLB pitcher with a 5.40 ERA, and he was a mediocre pitcher in the minors.
Kyle McPherson's career
The thing that stands out is the base runner ratio (WH/IP)
Nice K ratio
Year Team Lg Level Unif Org Age Rk W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP Bk WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 BB/SO GB/FB 2007 GCL Pirates GCL Rk - pit 19 64 4 2 2.61 12 10 0 0 0 0 51.2 47 22 15 3 10 35 1 0 1.10 8.19 0.52 1.74 6.10 0.29 -- State College NYPL A- - pit 19 - 0 1 6.28 3 3 0 0 0 0 14.1 20 13 10 1 3 6 1 0 1.61 12.56 0.63 1.88 3.77 0.50 -- 2008 State College NYPL A- 45 pit 20 38 1 3 4.37 15 7 0 0 3 1 55.2 52 29 27 10 5 41 2 0 1.02 8.41 1.62 0.81 6.63 0.12 -- 2009 State College NYPL A- pit 21 11 4 3 2.99 13 13 0 0 0 0 75.1 70 27 25 5 11 57 0 0 1.08 8.36 0.60 1.31 6.81 0.19 -- West Virginia SAL A 45 pit 21 - 5 2 4.94 13 8 0 0 3 0 51.0 53 32 28 3 6 32 0 0 1.16 9.35 0.53 1.06 5.65 0.19 -- 2010 West Virginia SAL A 37 pit 22 19 9 9 3.59 26 21 0 0 4 0 117.2 96 58 47 14 31 124 3 0 1.08 7.34 1.07 2.37 9.48 0.25 -- Bradenton FSL A+ 44 pit 22 - 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0.50 4.50 0.00 0.00 15.75 0.00 -- 2011 Bradenton FSL A+ 37 pit 23 48 4 1 2.89 12 12 1 0 0 0 71.2 62 25 23 4 6 60 2 0 0.95 7.79 0.50 0.75 7.53 0.10 -- Altoona East AA 24 pit 23 - 8 5 3.02 16 16 0 0 0 0 89.1 75 34 30 7 21 82 1 0 1.07 7.56 0.71 2.12 8.26 0.26 -- 2012 Altoona East AA pit 24 - 3 5 4.07 9 9 0 0 0 0 48.2 54 26 22 5 5 46 0 0 1.21 9.99 0.92 0.92 8.51 0.11 -- Indianapolis IL AAA pit 24 - 0 1 0.98 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.1 11 3 2 1 4 17 1 0 0.82 5.40 0.49 1.96 8.35 0.24 -- Pittsburgh NL MLB pit 24 9/23/2012 0 1 2.25 8 1 0 0 2 0 16.0 16 4 4 2 3 13 1 0 1.19 9.00 1.13 1.69 7.31 0.23 -- MLB Totals (1 year) 0 1 2.25 8 1 0 0 2 0 16 16 4 4 2 3 13 1 0 1.19 9.00 1.13 1.69 7.31 0.23 -- Minor League Totals (6 years) 38 32 3.45 124 102 1 0 11 1 598 542 269 229 53 102 507 12 0 1.08 8.16 0.80 1.54 7.63 0.20 --
McPherson is clearly the better starter, Pitt is trotting out the better lineup
(Half the postion players can put one out off the Met gas can)
Alex Presley LF
Josh Harrison SS
Andrew McCutchen CF
Garrett Jones RF
Neil Walker 2B
Gaby Sanchez 1B
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Michael McKenry C
(Fred Lewis on top, he's hitting a buck fifty) !
Fred Lewis RF
Daniel Murphy 2B
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
Scott Hairston CF
Lucas Duda LF
Ruben Tejada SS
Josh Thole C
(Jenrry Mejia P)
Listen I am not going to get long winded here, McPherson has been solid in the 'pen after he got called up, made his very first start against the Brews last week, lost, did not embarrass himself, but the Pirate brass feel he can be a 4 or 5 starter next year in the big show for them, he has three plus pitches, fastball around 95, nice hook.............. very smart, and not for nothing, McPherson earned a black belt in martial arts at the age of, get this, eight !
Mets starter is awful, McPherson has game, Pirates have the better lineup, -105 is a great price in this one.
Bucs for me 315 gets 300