The Messiah has Come.
And in other news, Josh Johnson will be rejoining the rotation this week.
After quite the speedy recovery from Tommy John surgery, JJ will take his rightful place in the starting rotation, making his first start against the Dodgers Thursday night.
While HLD&S will certainly miss Tucker's youthful energy (read: erratic pitching), and Mark's...uh...ability to impersonate a telephone pole, we are excited by this latest development in the rotation. And anyway, whatever Josh lacks in height--his 6'7" frame looks downright puny next to Hendrickson's--he makes up for in his ability to, um, you know, get people out. Which kinda helps when you're a Major League pitcher.
OK, OK, so the Messiah bit might be a little much. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up too high, so I have lectured myself repeatedly these last weeks, as JJ's return drew near:
"Now, GameFish, settle down. There is no guarantee Josh will just saunter up to the mound after more than a year off for TJS and dominate the opposition."
"Get off of the table and stop that ridiculous dance at once. There is no way to know if JJ will pitch six straight no-hitters to celebrate his return to the rotation."
"Stop screaming before your neighbors call the cops! We can't possibly be sure that Josh will pitch any better than Mark Hendric--HAHAHA!!! Gotcha. Carry on."
Ah, my inner realist. Such a kidder, that one.
Sure, we don't want to have unrealistic expectations for Josh as he returns to the rotation, but the bottom line is, JJ at his very worst just might be a heckuvalot better than what we've been watching here lately.
Welcome back, you big lug.
And a hearty welcome to Chris Volstad, as well, who was called up from Double-A Carolina at long last. Those things you recorded yesterday (I believe they are called outs) were a nice change of pace for us fans. Thanks for that. Welcome to the big show.
I think the 'Messiah' is right on the money. JJ pitched 8 shutout innings in his last rehab start and hopefully he is ready to go. If you would have told me in March that the Fish would be only 2 out in the loss column when he came back in, I think all of us Fish fans would have signed for it. At the very least, now there is only one big question mark (Volstad) in the rotation instead of two....Let's hope the Mets can beat the Phillies again tonight! (can't believe I'm actually rooting for them)
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And the Met's win.
And Nolasco goes 8 innings AGAIN, giving up only one on a home run
And Holy **** hell just froze over as Gregg gets a 1, 2, 3 bottom of the ninth, are you kidding me?
To think...1 1/2 of the way out, Johnsons coming back, Hendrickson is in relief along with Tucker (I think he'll do well there, get his feet planted and should become a starter in the future), Uggla is getting better...things are looking up.
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