Right-hander Mike Pelfrey appears to be moving on from his days on the mound, as Wayne Cavadi of NCAA.com reported recently (thanks to alert reader Alex Hudson for the tip). Pelfrey, who played at Wichita State University and is finishing up his degree there, has agreed to join the baseball coaching staff of another local school, Newman University.
I think we all liked Pelfrey. Well except for the wacko part of the fanbase that’s never happy.
You look at his 2008-2010, especially that 15-9 for the bad 2010 club and you remember Good Pelf.
He was your 2011 Opening Day starter and tried to be the lead in a Santana-less rotation.
Unfortunately it did not work out for him, and he pitched in a time before we gave everyone super hero nicknames, but I bet had he come along five years later we would have anointed him the Next Someone as well.
Best of luck to you Mike in whatever the future holds.
And if I see someone walking around Citi Field in a Pelfrey jersey I will think to myself – now there is a real Mets fan. Or it’s likely just Media Goon since he has everyone’s jersey, alt jersey, minor league jersey, game worn jersey, hat, glove, bat, base…
