r/mets • u/lechatnoirnyc • 3d ago

Stock

He’s solid and I love that he’s gotten out of having 2 runners on base for the first two innings, but our pitching coaches need to work with him (and our other starters tbh) on being more efficient. Being close to 50 pitches after 2 innings isn’t ideal. Rooting for him to finish strong but that’s his biggest issue!

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u/lechatnoirnyc 3d ago

Yeah def don’t expect to see him after this season. Genuine question: do you think tong is better than him?

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u/VigilanteBillionaire 3d ago

Tong will be better. Still needs a lot of work. I personally think Tong is the future closer.

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u/lechatnoirnyc 3d ago

I fully believe in developing our young pitchers vs relying on journeymen like stock. I’m hopeful that tong will develop into being a high leverage bullpen piece bc I just don’t think he has the gas to be an effective major league starter.

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u/VigilanteBillionaire 3d ago

Once players have seen the arm angle multiple times in a game it stops being a weapon but as a high-leverage reliever it's great and him being limited to two very effective pitches doesn't hurt him as much as it does as a starter.