00:00But I think that the end game is, can I get to six innings?
00:03And while that's acceptable, if this guy wants to be an ace,
00:07if he wants to be paid like an ace, then you've got to be more than that.
00:11So for anyone who says, but Evan, this is who Freddy Peralta is,
00:14my answer is, okay, fine.
00:16Was he then worth two top 100 prospects?
00:18And is he worth an eight-year contract?
00:20The answer is no.
00:21Five, five, five and a third, four and two-thirds, six.
00:25Against the Athletics.
00:26Yeah, parade.
00:26Five and two-thirds, five and two-thirds, six.
00:29Parade.
00:30Against Washington.
00:30That's a parade right there.
00:31Five, six against Detroit.
00:34And so he's gone to six innings three times.
00:37And how about going past six innings?
00:38Because six innings is, to me, the bare minimum,
00:41if you're going to be a top-line pitcher.
00:42In his career, he's only pitched seven innings or more,
00:46like five times in the last five years.
00:49I'm not even making that up.
00:50Like, that's a real thing.
00:51So he just doesn't go deep into games.
00:53And to how he's point, it's a parade if he does.
00:55And why that's a big deal, Tiki, is exactly what you said.
00:58Clay Holmes is out.
01:00David Peterson's being used as a bulk pitcher.
01:03Christian Scott right now, who knows how deep in a game he can go.
01:06You have nobody in this rotation outside of Nolan McClain who you could have any faith in going deep into
01:12a game.
01:12So it would behoove the Mets, if Freddy Peralta can find it somewhere, to actually go deep in a game.
01:19Call me crazy.
01:20He just doesn't pitch efficiently enough.
01:23I was going to say effective, but it's more efficiently enough.
01:25Because of all these five-inning outings, 92 pitches, 101 pitches, 193, 95.
01:32And this is just the fifth inning.
01:34Yeah.
01:34So there's no way he's getting deeper, because he just throws too many pitches, because he's not efficient enough.
01:40So the answer is, that's not a guy you're giving ace money to.
01:43You're just not.
01:44No.
01:44So it's not, get rid of him.
01:46It's not, he sucks.
01:47His ERA is respectable.
01:48He's fine.
01:49But I think what you're describing is a third or fourth starter.
01:51That's not an ace.
01:52Right.
01:52And right now, especially with the injury to Clay Holmes, they need more than that.
01:55Because it's going to be challenging to this bullpen if every day outside of the game's McClain pitches...
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