A bat of some kind and maybe a half-dozen bullpen arms, give or take, are clear New York Mets trade deadline needs. What about starting pitching? With the staff all healthy, the urgency to add a starting pitcher lessons. But that can always change hours after David Wright’s number five officially hangs at Citi Field.
Clay Holmes is the scheduled starter for the Mets. The project has been good, but not great. Holmes is quickly turning into a limited starting pitcher. He hasn’t gone 6 innings since June 7. Several unspectacular starts of late, most frustratingly being shorter outings, have some wondering if a move to the bullpen is one way to rectify this.