What keeps me positive in a time when the Mets seem to be, at best, a .500 team, is the fact that come opening day 2015, their starting rotation will be even better. Matt Harvey is scheduled to return, Zack Wheeler is expected to keep developing, Noah Syndergaard will be here, Rafael Montero is on the horizon, and Jennry Mejia is in the discussion.
The fact is, the New York Mets have four starters 25 and younger who have all been scouted in the Minor Leagues as can't miss prospects. The one pitcher who wasn't as highly touted, and one who has been forgotten over the years is Jennry Mejia.
This season, Mejia is 3-0 with a 1.99 ERA. Even better yet, the Mets are 4-0 when the Dominican right handed takes the mound. Since his call up at the ripe young age of 20 in 2010, Mejia has been effective when he's on the mound. As all of you Mets fans know, it's not Mejia's stuff that has kept him off of the mound the last few years, it's been injuries. This year, Mejia appears as healthy as ever and it's showing.
The way the Mets starting five is constructed in 2014, Jennry fall as the fifth starter. In reality, through the first 19 games, Jennry has been the Mets' best pitcher. In a year when the starting rotation is as solid as it's been since in ten years, Jennry Mejia is making a case that he belongs in the 2015 rotation with Harvey, Wheeler, and Syndergaard.
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