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Jonathon Niese, do you know him? Have you heard of him? If not, YOU WILL! He was a 7th round draft pick by the Mets in the 2005 draft, and he’s been “cultivated” by the Met organization. He’s only 23, but pitches more like he’s a 10-year veteran. Now, if some of you think that I’m totally “off my rocker”, or I might need new meds, you’re the ones that are sports betting waaaaaaaaaay off base…much pun intended!

And even though I’ve only seen him pitch once, I “know” he’s going to become a household name, soon! I’m a numbers guy, and here’s what his “numbers” tell me: Over 24.1 innings pitched, he’s actually faced a grand total of 107 batters; only allowing (1) HR!!! That’s well below 1%, and ANY PITCHER that only allows 2 to 2.5% of their batters faced to “go yard”, is doing quite well for their career! Additionally, he is a 4-pitch pitcher. And, he currently has the bare minimum 2 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio needed to become a real “threat” to opposing batters.

Furthermore, if/when he lowers that semi-abysmal WHIP (which currently resides @ 1.45), he just might be one of the bigger steals from that 2005 draft. Especially, when you consider that the #1 overall pick from the 2005 MLB Draft was Justin Upton. And for the record, Ryan Zimmerman went 4th, Ryan Braun went 5th, and the hard-throwing Ricky Romero, wound-up 6th, and another true “star” Troy Tulowitzki, went 7th overall.

In closing, my $19.95 Game of the Day is: Marlins @ Nats, and I’m strongly suggesting that any/all of of you reading this (especially, if you do not already have the MLB package), to go to MLB.TV and spend the 7.95 for the single-gamecast, and scout my ability to gauge talent, and watch/root for the young Mr. Niese to succeed.

p.s. I like the under 8.5 in tomorrow’s Cards/Mets game.