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pelfrey's first game

i've got it tivo'd up!  espn at 1:10 CST, and there's a report that fernando martinez may be in the building and available to PLAY!  that sounds crazy, seeing as him being only 16 and not able to play outside the dominican until next year...but it is exibitions so who knows.  and the chance to see pelfrey's stuff, should be a good time.

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Yup!!
I can't wait to see Pelfrey in action. Although i believe his game is on the radio.. Hopefully the scouting report is great. As for Martinez hopefully he ends up fitting perfectly towards the end up beltren's career and the peak of Millage's.

by Metty5 on Mar 5, 2006 11:42 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

yes
He's 17 now.

by jeck on Mar 5, 2006 1:32 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

So...
...what did you all think?

I recorded it so I'll look back on it more closely later, but from a quick view I saw he was reaching 95mph with his fastball and his delivery looked good; simple and unpainful.
It didn't look like he was locating pitches consistently, but it's only March.

by FI on Mar 5, 2006 3:11 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Thoughts
I recorded his second inning on my computer, wished I had the time to record Milledge's double the next inning but the Cubs/Giants game is starting. Notably, it appears that the Giants have lineup full of prospects, the Cubs have Felix Pie and Brandon Sing in the lineup.

I'll break it down later, but it looked like the Mets basically told Pelfrey to just throw fastballs for the most part. Looked like he was going 92-94 on the fastball, touching 95-96. He wasn't locating well, but he was clearly being careful against a nearly all major league lineup. My guess is that once he's warmed up, it's an easy plus pitch right now.

Curve had respectable break but looked like the type of pitch that would get hammered by lefties. Only saw a change or two out of him but scouting reports have generally been good on that.

His delivery does seem pretty smooth, but for the moment he's a 92-93 fastball guy; when he pushed it a couple of MPH higher, he was clearly overthrowing and was sacrificing command. I was reasonably impressed.

by mrkupe on Mar 5, 2006 3:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Pelfrey continued
Milledge had a nice at bat. He fouled off a couple pitches and then drilled Romero's fastball down the third base line (was a borderline foul ball) for a standup double.

Some notes from Pelfrey's start:

Rarely used curveball or change today; I counted 7 curveballs and five were called balls and two induced groundouts. Only one curveball thrown versus left-handed batter (Beltran) all day.

In general, he didn't throw many strikes to left-handed batters; he was usually low and/or outside. Lefties seemed to handle him when he did get it over the plate (ie, Bernie's double).

Could locate fastball at 92mph or 93mph most of the time. I recorded four pitches at 94mph and above and they were all well off the plate.

Pudge took his first pitch, a fastball, deep bu foul and then Pelfrey bounced back with two more strikes (one swinging, one looking) on a couple of 93mph fastballs. In my opinion, it was the high point of his outing.

by FI on Mar 5, 2006 4:21 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

fernando martinez
mets bonus baby from the DR had an AB.

looked pretty bad against fernando cabrera. struck out on 3 or 4 pitches i think. neverless, fun to get   glimpse of him.

by npurcell on Mar 5, 2006 3:51 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Martinez
I liked the poise he showed out in CF. He just looked like he belonged there. It will be interesting to see how he develops.

by colinadam on Mar 5, 2006 4:43 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

not the only one
everyone looked bad against Cabrera.

by Josh on Mar 5, 2006 4:58 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yup
Cabrera looked great. I dont think we can expect Martinez to do well against him at this point. He is 17 and making his first plate apperence against a soild major league reliever for the Indians. I'm just happy he didn't pull a Koo and watch 3 fastballs go by.

by Metty5 on Mar 5, 2006 11:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah
The thing that worried me about Martinez was how out of control he looked.  He hips were flailing, his head / neck whipped around.  he didn't stay on the ball at all.  it seemed like he went up there thinking "Ok, I'm gonna swing as hard as I can threee straight pitches.  Maybe I'll hit it, maybe I won't, but I sure as hell am gonna swing hella hard".  And then he missed

by Jgaztambide on Mar 6, 2006 12:18 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Fernando Cabrera
Cabrera looked like he was having fun out there. Based on today's performance, he certainly has the prescence to fulfill expectations as the Indians closer. Pelfrey also looked great. Reminds me of Zack Grienke, but with more zip.

by StickRat on Mar 6, 2006 3:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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