Mets won't use starters as relievers (Closer)

After yesterday's sobering news from Billy Wagner's latest MRI, the Mets are back in crisis mode with their bullpen - but not desperate enough to mess with the rotation at this point. Manager Jerry Manuel basically ruled out using a starter to replace Wagner as closer, despite saying a week ago that it was a contingency plan he would consider.

Manuel even spoke to John Maine about the possibility before he came off the disabled list last Wednesday. But with Maine nursing a rotator-cuff strain, that idea had to be scratched, and Manuel really didn't see the other starters as candidates.

Don't expect any outside help, either. One person familiar with the situation was pessimistic that the Mets could secure a reliever of any sort - never mind a closer type - between now and Aug. 31.

With players needing to pass through waivers, the relief pitchers are easily claimed by other teams, and the Mets, a first-place club, are near the bottom of that waiting list. Many already have been blocked, but the Mets are still against moving a starter.


Source:Newsday

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