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METS SIGN MATT ADAMS TO A MINOR LEAGUE DEAL



METS SIGN MATT ADAMS TO A MINOR LEAGUE DEAL



FLUSHING, N.Y., January 31, 2020 – The New York Mets today announced that the club has signed first baseman Matt Adams to a minor league contract and invited him to major league Spring Training.

Adams, 31, leads all active major leaguers with 11 pinch-hit homers and 49 pinch-hit RBI. His .469 career slugging percentage ranks 12th among all left-handed batters since his debut in 2012.

Adams hit 20 homers and drove in 56 runs in 111 games for Washington last year. He is one of 18 National League players to hit 20 or more homers in each of the last three years. 

The 6-3, 245-pounder has hit 15 or more homers in six of his eight years in the majors.

He has slashed .261/.309/.469 with 127 doubles, 116 homers with 388 RBI over his eight-year major league career with the Cardinals, Braves and Nationals.
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5 comments:

  1. Bob W.January 31, 2020 at 1:56 PM

    Why we need another fist baseman when we have Alonso there for 150 games and Dom Smith on the bench for the rest is beyond me.

    Makes Syracuse better.

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  2. Tom BrennanJanuary 31, 2020 at 2:02 PM

    Bob W., I guess if Smith is traded, Adams could be a minor league fall back.

    He feels like an aging Lucas Duda II.

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  3. Mack AdeJanuary 31, 2020 at 2:49 PM

    Ok...

    So you play Adams on first in Syracuse.

    And Ali Sanchez starts behind the plate.

    What happens to Patrick Mazeika???

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  4. Mike FreireJanuary 31, 2020 at 4:51 PM

    Makes you wonder if Dom is being discussed in trade proposals?

    Not sure for who or what, but it is an odd pick up (unless it is purely for AAA purposes and/or depth).

    Seems like we are pretty well loaded up on utility types.

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  5. Remember1969January 31, 2020 at 9:01 PM

    Headscratching - he doesn't own a catcher's mitt.

    My first thought was also "wonder if they have something in the works for Dom?"

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