The NL East crown is being handed to the Philies – all they have to do is take it.
With the news that Mets’ closer Billy Wagner latest MRI came back with additional inflammation in his left elbow – the team has no idea of when he might be able to return to the mound, if at all, this season.
“The thing I want to be careful of, at this stage of the season, is anointing someone as [the closer] and then that doesn’t work out,” New York manager Jerry Manuel said to a pool of reporters yesterday. “I do not necessarily determine the role. The relief pitcher determines the role.
Manuel then finished with this gem:
“I’m considering everybody from the Gulf Coast League to Triple-A. Can any of y’all throw?”
Must be so reassuring for Mets fans that the idea of ANYONE closing for this team is the backup plan for when the oft-injured Wagner goes down.
This is a gift, Phils – all you have to do is unwrap it.
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