Since floating the idea that Bobby Parnell could be sent down to the minors to start the season yesterday, we have a little more clarity based on some new information.
This morning, Andy Martino of the Daily News wrote that the Mets front office “has considered demoting reliever Bobby Parnell to the minors”, but a team source told him that they decided to reject the idea because of how far he came along last season.
I’m still not so sure that Parnell is still out of the woods, for the same reasons I cited in my post yesterday and as Martino wrote in his column today.
The mere consideration of such a move, however brief, underscored the bullpen crunch facing the Mets in the final week of spring training. It is a good problem to have, as the cliché goes, but in a sense it is not; the team risks losing several promising arms to waivers, opt-outs and retirement.
The other thing that makes it difficult for me to see the Mets not temporarily sending Parnell down is how ...
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