Why No Pedro?
I realize part of the blame goes to Delgado for his error, but what the hell was Willie thinking in the 7th inning? Why is Scott Schoeneweis his go-to lefty specialist? Where's Feliciano?
Then in the 8th, Utley and Howard came up again in a critical spot, this time against a struggling Heilman. And Willie still doesn't use Feliciano?
Here's everyone's OPS against left-handed hitters along with K/BB ratio over the last 2 years:
Feliciano ----- .541 - 74/16
Schoeneweis - .659 - 36/22
Heilman ----- .698 - 67/33
Feliciano has clearly been better against lefties. Why isn't he the one to face Utley & Howard in a critical spot? Isn't it an obvious decision?
[UPDATE - as indicated in the comments, it turns out that Feliciano went to PR on Monday to attend to a family emergency and a delay on his return flight caused him to miss the game. Sorry Willie, all is forgiven.]
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Apparently Feliciano had a family issue in PR yesterday and had his flight held up.
I'm a little peeved Jamie Moyer was able to pitch deeper into the game than Oliver Perez. Perez was erratic all day and couldn't even go six innings. But to the Mets' pitchers defense something has to be done about Utley's non-attempts at dodging pitches.
What's interesting is the way Rick Peterson threw Schoenweis under the bus. He was asked about Feliciano and said of course he wanted Felic in that spot but was unavailable then elaborated with something like "We needed a plumber for a plumbing issue but had to use an electrictian"
It's like a buddhist riddle.
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