Season Preview: Starting Pitching

Before I get into the meat of this piece I'd like to offer a quick apology for the sporadic posting. The "part-time job" that I started working early this month has developed into a 6 day a week more than full time job. I'm supposed to start full time early in April, so it's probably not going to get any easier for a while. I'm going to have to figure out how to post more given the realities of my life right now, and I will. I'm really enjoying blogging again when I can fit it in, so it's not a lack of desire on my part. I still expect to be posting almost daily when things settle down and I master my new routines. Back to the Mets: even though we're a week away from opening day, the last week of spring training seldom holds many surprises. Even the jobs that are supposedly still up for grabs are all but settled at this point, although management doesn't admit it. I'm fine with that, as I have become more and more convinced as th...