Our friends at Mets Walk-Offs, have an interesting story about a Rays' pitcher the Mets miss, not that one, Dan Wheeler.
This isn't a first-guess, second-guess, third-guess, or fourth-guess. When Wheeler was with the Mets in 2003-2004, he wasn't quite of Tidrow List caliber, but he didn't exactly bring back memories of Turk Wendell either. Basically he was average and has been so for a long time.
Until this season...
I don't know what kind of value you place in "holds" (in summary: reliever who enters in a save scenario, gets outs, leaves with save scenario still in place), but it might interest you to know that Dan Wheeler is the AL leader in holds, having picked up his 18th on Thursday night.
Wheeler has been vintage Wendell for the Rays over the last month.
Check out these numbers:
Since May 20...
14 Games
12 Innings
1 Run
8 Hits
1 Extra-Base Hit
.186 Opponents Batting Average
7 Holds
0.75 ERA
In the past 8 days, Wheeler has come into a game with a one-run lead in the eighth inning three times. The innings have gone 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4.That's pretty good.
(Great job looking into an underrated reliever, who was very helpful to Houston, too. Wheeler’s been a reliable set-up guy, and occasional closer.)
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