No set setup man, Sanchez not up to speed
Jerry Manuel said a little while ago that he will not use Duaner Sanchez in an eighth-inning setup role."I think we have other options, No. 1," the manager said. "No. 2, I'd like to see Duaner's velocity a little better than it is right now."
Sanchez has loaded the bases without retiring anyone in each of his last two outings. Manuel said the velocity issue might be because Sanchez didn't pitch for the better part of two years and might be hitting a wall. Also, after he was hit on the leg in St. Louis, the Mets cut back on the pitcher's conditioning.
"I couldn't do much running," Sanchez said, adding that he is getting back into conditioning as well as throwing long toss sessions. "I'm feeling good."
---Mark Herrmann at Shea Stadium
Tonight's lineup against the Cardinals
J, Reyes SS
Chavez RF
Wright 3B
Delgado 1B
Beltran CF
Tatis LF
Cancel C
A. Reyes 2B
Knight P
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In my opinion, a set-up guy should be the Mets #1 concern. As it stands they have a nice collection of situational guys, but the two people they counted on to be set-up guys (Heilman and Sanchez) both failed. If Chruch comes back, I can live with a platoon of Chavez and Tatis in RF. Again, just my opinion, but I think the far bigger hole on this team is that 8th inning guy.