Mets Rotation Has Too Many Questions

Rob Neyer from ESPN ,who I really enjoy reading even though he refuses to respond to my emails, really took aim at the Mets starting rotation today. The first thing that grabbed my attention was something he said about CitiField, which makes the inability to get Lowe somewhat puzzling if it's true. The obvious target seemed to be Derek Lowe, a big-game, big-city pitcher whose deadening ground-ball presence might be especially needed at the new Citi Field, which Mets players who have tried out the stadium say is a "launching pad." (Perhaps the most underreported story of the Mets off-season: That Citi is expected to be a homer-happy park.) I hope he is wrong about Citi Field being a launching pad, but I did speak with Adam Rubin about this three weeks ago in my interview with him, and he mentioned to me that the Mets brought Dan Murphy, David Wright and Ryan Church to Citi Field for an unannounced batting practice session, and that the Mets came away concerned about t...