WEDNESDAY, 11:00am: Farnsworth is believed to have a May opt-out clause, Rubin reports.
9:45am: It appears that this saga can finally be put to rest, as Farnsworth has officially re-signed with the Mets, according to ESPN.com's Adam Rubin (via Twitter).
TUESDAY, 10:46am: Agent Barry Meister tells MLBTR's Zach Links (via Twitter) that nothing has changed: Farnsworth is still "assessing his options" and has not re-signed with the Mets.
7:35am: Farnsworth's name is on the lineup card, so it appears that he has, in fact, re-signed with the Mets, tweets Adam Rubin of ESPN.com.
MONDAY, 9:40am: "Farnsworth has not returned to the Mets and is exploring his options," agent Barry Meister tells Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish. "No agreement was or has been reached," adds the agent. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports says Farnsworth is looking for a Major League deal, and if he can't find one, he may go back to the Mets.
8:22am: Reliever Kyle Farnsworth will re-sign with the Mets this week, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The deal will happen tomorrow, tweets Marc Carig of Newsday. The maneuver is seemingly a way of avoiding paying Farnsworth a $100K retention bonus, the deadline for which is tomorrow at 11am central time.
Farnsworth, 38 in April, posted a 4.70 ERA, 6.6 K/9, 2.3 BB/9, 1.17 HR/9, and 45.5% groundball rate for the Rays and Pirates in 2013. He was up to 95 miles per hour on his fastball in a strong September showing for the Bucs, although his velocity was reportedly (and not unusually) back down this spring. The Mets initially inked Farnsworth to a minor league deal in February.
Two non-roster invitees do appear to make the Mets' Opening Day bullpen, according to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com on Saturday: Jose Valverde and John Lannan. Bobby Parnell, Vic Black, Carlos Torres, Jeurys Familia, and Scott Rice will likely round out the seven-man crew.
Great job busting that story, Twitter reporters!
Hey Alderson, Get a freaking shortstop already!!……….Drew is still out there!
As I’ve said many times before:
A. Drew is an overrated player who will likely slip back to the 1-2 WAR range in 2014, meaning that he’ll have little impact on the Mets given the state of the rest of their roster.
B. The Mets made him a very reasonable offer (given his value) and he turned it down. The fact that they haven’t signed him is not their fault in the least. If they met his demands, the same Mets fans who ranted and raved about how they needed to sign him would be whining and complaining in 2 years once he turned into the next Luis Castillo.
Las Vegas awaits.
This is like a teenage relationship..
So Farnsworth doesn’t throw a cutter, he is a cutter?
Maybe one of two things. 1) it is a Mets strategy telling teams he will be signing with us so don’t look at him or 2) word hasn’t gotten to TC yet.
This is funny. I have heard of where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Where’s Waldo, however where is Kyle Farnsworth is going to sign or stay is a new one on me!
Who even cares besides his agent and mom
Enough!!!
This is turning into quite the saga. It already is more interesting than half of the reality shows currently on TV.
Are you sure this time?
Our long national nightmare is over.
What??? It’s over??? That was just getting interesting!!! 😉
This article is going to have more updates than comments soon.
So much trouble for Kyle Farnsworth.. Lol..