Mets Transfer Josh Edgin to Big Boy Camp

Terry Collins announced today that LHRP Josh Edgin has been transferred from the minor league complex. Look for him to pitch throughout spring training and compete for the job left open by the Tim Byrdak injury.

Here's the "keeper" information to bring you up to date:

9.        Josh Edgin –

Edgin was drafted by the New York Mets in the 30th round of the 2010 draft.

He reported immediately to Kingsport after signing and posted an impressive 0-1, 2.84 in 18 appearances. More importantly, he struck out 46 batters in 34.2-IP.

He was promoted near the end of the season to Savannah, where he went 0-0, 0.00 in two games.

9-20-10: - 2011 Forecast:  Normally, 30th round draft picks don't make it to a full season team during their first year, but Savannah bumped him up from Kingsport to help in their playoffs. There's a good chance he will wind up starting the 2011 season in Brooklyn, but maybe they'll reward him by returning to the Coastal Empire.

6-1-11: -       RP/CL Josh Egdin is already 24-years old and couldn’t be more consistent than he has been in the last ten outings. During that period, he has pitched 15.0 scoreless innings (0.00-ERA) while striking out 18. Last night, he pitched another scoreless inning (1-K) ending up the night with a 1.21-ERA. The 6-1 LHP out of Francis Marion University (30th round – 2010) now has 17 outings and nine saves.

7-10-11: - There was a rare occurrence last night involving St. Lucie RP Josh Edgin. He actually gave up an earned run. You have to realize this just hasn’t happened that much this season. It was the first one in 9-G/14.1-IP in A+ ball and he only gave up three in 24-G/31.0-IP in Savannah. His combined ERA has now soared to 0.79. Poor baby..

7-11-11: - Top 10 Minor League Performances in 2011 - 1. Josh Edgin – RP – A+/A: - 2-0, 0.79, 33-G, 53-K, 45.1-IP, 18-SV – one bad outing on opening day and then basically unhittable all season for two teams. Josh will turn 25 in December so I expect him to possibly move another level before the season ends, but we don’t need a repeat of Eddie Kunz here.

7-25-11: - Josh threw another scoreless inning for St. Lucie last night. He now has pitched 50.1 innings this year in A/AA and has given up only five earned runs. The last time he pitched bad was April 12th when he gave up a run and three walked in 0.0-IP. I remember him walking past me three days later at the home opener and he smiled at me saying “come on Mack, don’t write anything bad about me…”.  How could I? His combined ERA is 0.91 in 36 appearances!

8-14-11: -  We continue to be proud to be the first Mets writer to recognize what the team has in this kid. He mopped up Sunday for two more scoreless innings and it’s hard to come up with better stats than he has put up this season. First, there were 16 saves in 24 outings for Savannah, producing 41K/31.0-IP and an ERA of 0.87. Now, after 18 more outings for St. Lucie, he has seven more saves, 25K/26.0-IP and a “hefty” 1.38 ERA. Together: 2-0, 1.11, 42-games, 23-saves, 57.0-IP, 66-K.

8-27-11: - Stock Down – RP Josh Edgin – Okay, it had to happen. Josh hasn’t had a bad game since opening day and he was long overdue. Lucy brought him in after Armondo Rodriquez through six scoreless innings in a seven inning shortened game and he gave up 2-R in 1.0-IP and took the loss. Poor baby… his seasonal ERA is how 1.44.