Jenry Mejia, a 23 year old prospect who seems like he's been around in the league forever found himself in Washington this afternoon. Yes Washington is struggling, but Mejia was filthy. He got 15 swinging strikes! His final line- 7 innings pitched, 7 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned, 7 strikeouts. Lucky #7 for Mejia.
Now the Mets are forced to keep him in the rotation. Forced? Yes, forced. You can't keep a guy like this out of the rotation. Harvey-Gee-Torres-Hefner-Wheeler-Mejia is very underrated. Plus Harvey and Wheeler need to shed a lot of innings if the Mets plan on keeping them in rotation for the rest of the season.
Scott Atchison should be DFA'd to make room for Mejia. He's old, his velocity isn't good, and he's constantly injured.
The Mets can possibly pitch themselves into a .500 season and that's a good thing to have.
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