My friends the Mets would like you to know they acquired some new guys that neither booed the fans nor were complicit in their silence (for example Pete Alonso and Jacob deGrom who said nothing). Always good to have Mets players without those sins on their hands.
METS SIGN OUTFIELDER TRAVIS JANKOWSKI
AND LHP CHASEN SHREVE
FLUSHING, N.Y., MARCH 17, 2022 – The New York Mets today announced the club has signed outfielder Travis Jankowski and left-handed pitcher Chasen Shreve to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League Spring Training.
Jankowski, 30, appeared in 76 games with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2021 and slashed .252/.364/.351 with 24 runs, six doubles, two triples, one home run, 10 RBI, 22 walks and five steals. The left-handed hitter owns a career .239/.322/.318 slashline with 35 doubles, nine triples, nine home runs, 52 RBI, 69 steals and 118 walks in 426 games over seven seasons.
The 6-2, 190-pounder was originally selected by the San Diego Padres in first round (44th overall) out of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft.
Shreve, 31, spent the 2021 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, appearing in 57 games for the club and posting a 3-3 record with a 3.20 ERA (20 earned runs/56.1 innings) with 28 walks and 45 strikeouts. He posted the ninth-lowest ERA in the National League among left-handed relievers (min. 50 games pitched) and held opposing hitters to 15 hits in 101 at-bats with runners on base (.149 average) in 2021.
He has appeared in 292 games across eight major league seasons, going 20-11 with two saves, a 3.63 ERA (115 earned runs/285.0 innings) with 142 walks and 313 strikeouts. He has held lefthanded batters to a .222 (91-410) batting average during his career.
The 6-4, 180-pounder spent the 2020 season with the Mets, going 1-0 with a 3.96 ERA (11 earned runs/25.0 innings) with 12 walks and 34 strikeouts across 17 games. Lefties were 2-32 (.063), the third-lowest mark in the majors (min. 20 left-handed batters faced) against Shreve in 2020.
He was originally selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft of the College of Southern Nevada.
