The New York Mets have signed infielder Phillip Evans to a minor league contract. It includes an invite to the parent spring training facility.
The New York Mets exercised their $8.5mil option on infielder Astrubel Cabrera.
The New York Mets exercised their option on LHRP Jerry Blevins.
LHP Mike Minor is now a free agent. As a reliever last season: 77.2-IP, 10.2-K/9, 2.6-BB/9, 42.4% ground ball ratio, 2.55-ERA.
The Independent League player of the year was named... ex-Mets OF Alonzo Harris. He led the Atlantic League in runs (89), was 4th in HRs (23), 6th in steals (31), 8th in RBIs (73), and 2nd in slugging percentage.
Ex-Mets RHP Deolis Guerra has elected free agency (LAA: 25-IP, 4.68).
RHP Jenrry Mejia's line Friday night: 4.0-IP, 0-R, 5-BB, 3-K
It was time for a re-Phil of Phil Evans. Nice.
ReplyDeleteA small market team in Kansas City behaving like a small market team by buying out Minor for $1.25 million rather than paying him $10 million. He earned $4 million the year before so I'm thinking around $6.5 is probably what he'd command off one excellent year (and several mediocre ones preceding it). He's interesting but not my top choice. Maybe the conversion to the pen last year was a great thing for him or maybe he'll revert to form.
ReplyDeleteThe better value choice might be Tony Watson who had a down year in Pittsburgh before getting traded to LA where he was his usual excellent self. Watson earned $5 million. He's also a left handed reliever and for his career sports a very nice 2.68 ERA with a WHIP around 1.000. He's not a power arm but is very effective in getting people out. Now that the platoon-happy Skipper is mercifully gone, perhaps smarter minds will remember he was a closer against both left and right handed batters.