Talk:Mets Need to Stand Pat/@comment-101784-20060509121135

This is why Sabermetrics drives me crazy. Despite the fact that is does not build championship teams, it makes people believe that a 29 year old career minor leaguer, signed by the Mets 8 years ago, and who still hasn&quot;t developed an out pitch to compliment his fastball can all of a sudden come the the majors and be an effective member of the bullpen. He may have "peripherals" but my own eyes and history tell me that major league hitters, as opposed to the career minor leaguers mostly found at AAA, can hit a major league fastball. He was just called up so he will get his chance. We will have to wait and see who is right. The people who ignore actual results because their computers and charts and graphs say a guy "should" be good, or the people who see a 29 year old career minor leaguer pitch in 42 games with an ERA over 5 and decide that this guy probably isn&quot;t much of a pitcher.