The Mets signed right-hander Chris Young to a minor league deal, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Andy McCullough of the Star-Ledger reported this morning that the Mets were nearing a deal with the Williams & Connolly client.
Young, 32, started four games for the Mets last year after undergoing anterior capsule surgery in May. He has a 3.74 ERA with 7.8 K/9, 3.6 BB/9 and a 28.2% ground ball rate in eight career seasons with the Rangers, Padres and Mets.
About time…
This is good news, it would be better news if Santana and Young gave us at least 20 starts each. Wishful thinking I know.
If they spent 1 dollar, its 1 dollar too much. Young should be paying the Mets
young has always been great and its a lowly contract for a guy if healthy can provide 10 wins and a 3.50 era and high strikeouts…not bad especially for the mets..they need a few bright spots this year
“if healthy”
sadly…CY never is
Im keeping my eye on this guy for a fantasy pick up
Young will be the 3rd tallest player in the organization, next to Jon Rauch and Scott Moviel, both 6′ 11″.
I can’t believe I am the only one who noticed the typo in this article. He appeared in 4 games BEFORE having surgery, not AFTER. After he had the surgery, his season was done. And it’s not clear when he’ll be ready to pitch this season, or he would have been signed already. The good news is he was the Mets best pitcher last year when he was healthy. The bad news is that he’s rarely healthy.