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Quick Hits: Mets, Indians, Rockies, Dodgers

By Connor Byrne | October 8, 2016 at 9:34pm CDT

Durability is the main reason the Mets should re-sign impending free agent Bartolo Colon, opines Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The right-hander will be 44 next season, but he still led the Mets in starts (33) and innings pitched (191 2/3) this year. Colon hasn’t thrown fewer than 190 1/3 frames in a season since 2012, and he’s one of just 14 pitchers to make 30-plus starts in each of the past four campaigns, notes Sherman. It also helps that Colon remains highly effective, having logged a 3.43 ERA to go with 6.01 K/9 against 1.5 BB/9 this year. If they let Colon go, the Mets will have plenty of other rotation options on hand in Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz, Zack Wheeler, Seth Lugo and Robert Gsellman, though injuries or inexperience are concerns with certain members of the group. Whether it’s with the Mets or someone else, Colon should be in line for a raise over the $7.25MM he made this year.

Here’s more from around the majors:

  • An important reinforcement could be on the way for the Indians, who will have a chance to sweep the Red Sox on Sunday to advance to the ALCS. Injured right-hander Danny Salazar threw a 35-pitch bullpen session in Arizona on Friday and is hoping to come back from a month-long absence if the Indians advance, writes Jordan Bastian of MLB.com. Salazar started in all 25 of his regular-season appearances before succumbing to a forearm strain in early September, but he’ll work out of the bullpen in the event of a return. As of now, Salazar is only throwing fastballs and changeups because his curveball was his main source of discomfort, per Bastian.
  • With Walt Weiss gone and the Rockies in search of a new manager, the team parted with multiple members of his coaching staff Saturday, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (Twitter link). Colorado let go of bench coach Tom Runnells, hitting coach Blake Doyle, first base coach Eric Young, and catching coach/defensive coordinator Rene Lachemann. Pitching coach Steve Foster, bullpen coach Darren Holmes and third base coach Stu Cole are still with the team, but it’s unknown if they’ll keep their jobs.
  • Nationals outfielder Chris Heisey didn’t enjoy his one-year stint with the Dodgers, he told Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. Heisey joined the club prior to the 2015 season and then spent the year shuffling between Triple-A Oklahoma City and LA. The Dodgers optioned Heisey five times, recalled him five times, and also released and re-signed him. “On the personal side, they may not realize the toll it may take on a player’s confidence when he’s going up and down, taken off the roster, put back on the roster, in my case released and signed back,” said Heisey. “It was a crazy year. I made some good friends there, so it wasn’t all bad. But it was tough.” Heisey collected 72 plate appearances as a Dodger and another 262 in OKC. The 31-year-old then signed a minor league with the Nationals during the offseason, but all 155 of his PAs since have come with Washington. “I think this year has been a lot better in that regard — being comfortable, being with the same guys all year, competing at the highest level and not having to go back and forth and say goodbye to my family so many different times. That was one of the harder parts,” added Heisey, whose Nats dropped the first game of the NLDS to the Dodgers on Friday.
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  1. gmflores27

    5 years ago

    Big sexy please sign with the Angels

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    • metseventually

      5 years ago

      Yeah, I’m really sure he’s going to want to sign with a team that has no shot for the next 4 years.

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      • gmflores27

        5 years ago

        He probably doesn’t give a sh– if he gets his money

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  2. caseyatbt

    5 years ago

    Heisey couldn’t have played with Albuquerque in 2015. The Dodgers AAA club is in Oklahoma City.

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    • Eliphaz10

      5 years ago

      Exactly what I was thinking!

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    • ripperlv

      5 years ago

      Oh sure throw facts around. The actual newspaper article even states “Oklahoma City”!

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    • aknott1

      5 years ago

      He didn’t sign with the Dodgers either. The Reds traded him there after the 2014 season.

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      • VampWeekAtBern

        5 years ago

        Yup, for Matt Magill.

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  3. kent814

    5 years ago

    Big sexy come to Sd

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    • BlueSkyLA

      5 years ago

      Now that he’s been walked, who’d want to sign him?

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  4. RiverCatsFilms

    5 years ago

    Bartolo Colon. The ageless champion. The future Giant

    Ichiro Suzuki. The ageless superstar. The future Giant

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    • Polish Hammer

      5 years ago

      Ageless champion? More like shameless. Big Sloppi has cheated the game every step of the way from lying about his age to PEDs to experimental surgeries.

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    • AGAVE

      5 years ago

      Sounds like Colletti is back in SF.

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  5. yankees500

    5 years ago

    The link to Eric Young is for his son. Not Eric young sr.

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  6. ndiamond2017

    5 years ago

    “… he’s one of just 14 pitchers to make 30-plus starts in each of the past four campaigns…”

    who are the other 13

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    • jtmorgan

      5 years ago

      Shields, Scherzer, Bumgarner, Samardzija, Volquez, Lester, Quintana, Tillman, Miley, Hamels, Kennedy, Teheran, Leake, and Colon.

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  7. southi

    5 years ago

    I’d think the Mets are by far the favorite to resign Colon, but tbh I’d love to see him sign with the Braves.

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  8. Joeybats

    5 years ago

    Colon should go to New York Yankees

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