The last Sunday of 2008 sure was different than Tom Glavine’s atrocious performance to close out 2007, but it provided the same predictable, yet disappointing outcome, nonetheless. And because of that, September 29th’s game directly mirrored those final 17 games of the season. Oliver Perez pitched well enough to win through 5.1 innings, and Carlos Beltran provided a huge game-tying two-run homer in the sixth, but the bullpen didn’t hold up its end of the bargain. Scott Schoenweis and Luis Ayala gave up back-to-back home runs in the eighth, and the offense couldn’t fashion a comeback. The Mets fell one win short of the playoffs, just like last year.
Tom Glavine
8 October 2008
25 June 2008
But this year, luck may be catching up with him. On the DL right now are: John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Mike Hampton, Rafael Soriano, and Peter Moylan.
And that's only the pitchers. They're also missing Matt Diaz, Martin Prado and Mark Kotsay, while Chipper, Esco and now Infante are all aching in one way or another without (yet) going to the DL.
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27 March 2008
Like before, these are the key questions facing each team.
Atlanta Braves
How much do Tom Glavine and John Smoltz have left?
The Braves figure to be loaded on offense and their pitching could potentially be pretty strong depending on how this pair of 40 year-olds fair this season. Smoltz, who will turn 41 this season, is the safer bet as he has pitched over 200 innings in each season since returning to the starting rotation in 2005, each time with a sub 3.50 ERA. At his age though, a pitcher can rapidly begin to decline and he has experienced some shoulder problems already this spring. Nonetheless, I would expect him to put up another solid year.
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