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METS SIGN LHP ZACH MUCKENHIRN AND RHP DENYI REYES

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., November 23, 2022 – The New York Mets announced today that the club has signed pitchers Zach Muckenhirn and Denyi [DEN-yee] Reyes to minor league contracts with an invitation to major league Spring Training.

Muckenhirn, 27, appeared in 47 games with Triple-A Charlotte in the Chicago White Sox organization last season, going 3-1 with two saves and a 3.11 ERA (19 ER/55.0 IP) with 23 walks and 56 strikeouts. Across six minor league seasons, he is 21-21 with a 3.82 ERA (159 ER/375.0 IP) with 137 walks and 387 strikeouts. He was originally selected by the Baltimore Orioles in 11^th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of North Dakota.

Reyes, 26, made his major league debut as a member of the Baltimore Orioles in 2022. He appeared in three games (one start) with the club, posting a 2.35 ERA (2 ER/7.2 IP) with a walk and three strikeouts. In seven minor league seasons, Reyes owns a 45-28 record with a 3.29 ERA (218 ER/596.1 IP), 89 walks and 526 strikeouts. He was originally signed as a non-drafted minor league free agent by the Boston Red Sox in 2014.

From the New York Post

MLB has notified the MLBPA that the Mets and Yankees didn’t suppress the market for Judge, sources confirmed Tuesday, following an SNY report this month that indicated the Mets wouldn’t pursue the All-Star outfielder out of deference to their crosstown rival. (via NY Post)

Of interest to many fans is that the original SNY article is credited to Andy Martino.  It has been my experience that some people are finding SNY’s web presence to be not as enjoyable as it once was, and also my experience that some Mets fans do not find Andy Martino to be all that reliable.

Anyway, the Mets and Yankees totally didn’t collude. Baseball owners never do such things, except for that pesky time in 1980s.  It is good to see billionaires following all the rules of their particular industry.

Anyway, who better to investigate on behalf of the owners than “MLB” – per the Post’s report, “MLB reviewed communications between the teams in reaching its conclusion there wasn’t collusion” which makes sense as people never speak in person, have phones, or even back-channel messages using others.   Nothing to see here, move along.

 

 

So every year I do Mets Turkeys, and I started to do it for this year – but there wasn’t anyone to add!  Great job Steve!  Maybe you did change the culture.

I know many of you think I am negative for negative’s sake and to you I say – SEE – if things are good then I DON’T complain.  That’s the entire point of all this,

Anyway let’s take a look at the new names on the Hall of Fame ballot.  For those of you unfamiliar with the Hall, it’s a museum in the middle of nowhere they doesn’t have the hit king, the home run king or the guy that won 350 games at the turn of the century.

I’ll keep this short.  NO.

Many of these guys belong in the Hall of Garvey, where we send pretty darn good players, but I never watched any of these people and thought “now there’s a Hall of Famer”

Who is on your list?

I sort of like this one.  But I don’t $56 like it, and the triangle thing on the front ruins it.

The New York Mets Infrared 59FIFTY Fitted Cap features a multi-colored embroidered Mets logo at the front panels with a matching MLB Batterman logo at the rear and a red undervisor.