7 years agoNew York Mets reliever Jeurys Familia is currently enduring a dead-arm phase, but not to worry -- according to Familia, his arm feels this way every year in spring training as he grows accustomed to throwing every day. His arm currently feels “tight,” which makes sense given Familia’s dreadful appearance against the Nationals on Thursday. He allowed a whopping five earned runs on four hits across 1 1/3 innings pitched, surrendering two home runs in the process. We aren’t worried about Familia, who hadn’t allowed any runs in his four innings pitched this spring prior to Thursday’s disaster. We’re more worried about the quantity of save opportunities he’ll see given manager Mickey Callaway’s proclamation that the Mets won’t have a set closer, but we’ll see how long that one lasts.--John Smith
Source: Anthony DiComo