“I don’t like the fact that he’s cruising right along and he just walks two guys, Kev. It just seems like… It’s one start so I don’t want to beat up on him but Mike’s at the point in his career now and we still don’t know what he is.
“What is he? He’s had bursts of brilliance and then he’s had these lapses and it spells a .500 pitcher. What is he? He has this enormous potential to be the guy to win 18 games and he’s just basically a .500 pitcher. He hasn’t crossed the Rubicon yet.”
SNY analyst Keith Hernandez on Mike Pelfrey in the 5th inning of Monday’s game against the Marlins
Source: SNY on mlb.tv
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