Mets manager Carlos Mendoza announced that despite Brandon Waddell's recent demotion to Triple-A, the team will keep him stretched out as a starter. This decision comes amid injuries to key bullpen arms, AJ Minter and Danny Young. Waddell recently made his big league return, pitching 4.1 scoreless innings against the Diamondbacks. Mendoza believes this outing boosts Waddell's confidence, indicating his potential future role in the team as they navigate a busy schedule with several consecutive games.
We're going to keep him stretched out, but I could see a scenario where we might need him to be another lefty out of the bullpen, Mendoza said.
His ability to pitch, move the ball around, throw strikes, yeah. But as of right now, we want to keep him stretched out as a starter, and then we'll go from there.
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