What do the Mets need, according to Joel Sherman? Wandy Rodriguez.
Rodriguez is making $5 million this season and can be a free agent after next year. He is not having a good campaign, going 8-11 with a 4.80 ERA. But over the previous two seasons he was 23-19 with a 3.23 ERA. The Mets have talked about scouring the market for pitchers they like who are underperforming this year but who their scouts like, hoping they might be able to buy low. I have no idea if their scouts like Rodriguez.
But he is still only 31 and a lefty. In his last start on Sunday, he held the Reds to one hit and no runs over seven innings. He is durable. And he is a flyball pitcher, who would probably benefit coming to big Citi Field, though he actually pitches much better at offensively friendly Minute Maid Park than on the road.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
