"Mike Pelfrey's win total dropped from 15 to 7 and his ERA rose from 3.66 to 4.74, but the right-hander is still expected to be a Met next season, since the team plans on offering him arbitration.

As general manager Sandy Alderson and manager Terry Collins have said repeatedly, despite Pelfrey's regression in 2011, he still has value to the Mets, since he tossed 193 2/3 innings a year ago and that workload isn't easily replaced.

And with the Mets' starting rotation still filled with question marks about Johan Santana's health coming off shoulder surgery, as well as what to expect from the rest of the starters like R.A. Dickey, Jon Niese and Dillon Gee, Pelfrey continues to have value."