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Mets To Release Fernando Salas

By Connor Byrne | August 15, 2017 at 4:54pm CDT

Aug. 15: The Mets have now requested release waivers on Salas, tweets DiComo. Assuming he clears waivers, Salas will be a free agent in 48 hours.

Aug. 10: The Mets have designated reliever Fernando Salas for assignment, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com (Twitter link). His spot will go to newly promoted first base prospect Dominic Smith.

Salas is in his second season with the Mets, who acquired him from the Angels at the end of August last year and saw the right-hander improbably turn into a key component in their run to a wild-card berth. Salas gave the Mets 17 1/3 innings of 2.08 ERA pitching last September and piled up 17 strikeouts against no walks, leading them to re-sign him to a one-year, $3MM over the winter. The wheels have come off this season, though, as the 32-year-old Salas has logged a 6.00 ERA over 45 frames.

The Mets will surely hope a taker comes along for Salas, who has less than $1MM left on his deal. Perhaps some bullpen-needy club will overlook his bloated ERA and focus on more hopeful numbers, including career-best ground-ball (45.1 percent) and swinging-strike (13 percent) rates. Salas has also yielded a lofty .379 batting average on balls in play and managed only a 64.1 percent strand rate, both of which could regress in his favor before the year’s out.

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  1. matt41265

    5 years ago

    Had to be done

    Reply
  2. dylan1111g

    5 years ago

    About time

    Reply
  3. Flushing Don De Toilet

    5 years ago

    Now who will Terry leave in the game way too long to walk in runs?

    Reply
    • ehawkins1

      5 years ago

      Robles

      Reply
      • Phillies2017

        5 years ago

        Once the season ends I can almost guarantee there will be an article on this website dedicated to detailing him being claimed off of waivers or a bullet point under a minor moves post listing off the players outrighted off of the Mets’ 40-man rosyer.

        Reply
  4. pepesilvia

    5 years ago

    Still a good pitcher more a victim of circumstances IMO. Toxic clubhouse and awful defense behind him really hurt. Shouldn’t have trouble finding work. Hope he joins my yankees!

    Reply
    • matt41265

      5 years ago

      Toxic club house ? I didn’t think it was that horrible

      Reply
      • pepesilvia

        5 years ago

        I read they didn’t want to call up their top prospects bc of the clubhouse. Could be wrong but otherwise what took so long?

        Reply
        • staticoverdub

          5 years ago

          Did you read that in the comments section here?

          Nope, they wanted to clear roster space so that they’d be able to play every day. With Bruce and Walker gone, that is now possible.

    • metseventually

      5 years ago

      The guy has 6.00 ERA, 1.778 WHIP, 4.40 FIP. How is your opinion “a victim of circumstances”? Look at the stats before you make stupid “opinions”. I hope he joins “your” Yankees too, so he can consistently lose games down the stretch.

      Reply
      • kent814

        5 years ago

        His babip and strand rates were bloated; why dont you read the stats before judging other ppl

        Reply
      • mikeyank55

        5 years ago

        No Eventually, he won’t “join” the Yankees. That only happens to lonely mets fans who end up joining the Jets and Nets fan groups in joint therapy sessions.

        BTW-what happened to your old friend, “Mets2015NLChamps2016WSChamps”?

        Or was that your old name and you couldn’t take being held accountable to you morphed into this lackluster identity?

        Reply
      • thekid9

        5 years ago

        Wasn’t the clubhouse, rather a certain infielder who was unhappy. They didn’t want the stud prospect having to deal with him.

        Reply
    • Glock17

      5 years ago

      I hope he goes to the Yankees also.. that guy is absolute garbage!! I have literally turned the game off when TC would bring him in.. unwatchable.. never a clean inning. Always a walk or a hit and eventually a run.. obviously with a 6 ERA.

      Reply
    • misterbill

      5 years ago

      How are his home runs related to terrible defense? He was good occasionally but horrible other times. Robles, too.

      Reply
  5. jbigz12

    5 years ago

    White Sox are calling.

    Reply
    • Phillies2017

      5 years ago

      Nah, if the White Sox want him they’ll wait a week for him to clear and spend nothing as opposed to giving up anything.

      Reply
  6. SimplyAmazin91

    5 years ago

    Idk what the advanced stats say but he was consistently bad this season.

    Reply
    • SimplyAmazin91

      5 years ago

      That being said he’ll be a good pickup for the Nats

      Reply
      • whuron

        5 years ago

        We have a bullpen now no thanks

        Reply
  7. HaloBoltman

    5 years ago

    Angel’s resign him! Any one but Bud the pud!!!!!

    Reply
    • angelsfan4life

      5 years ago

      He is worse than Bud Norris.

      Reply
    • greatdaysport

      5 years ago

      Here-here. After tonite’s BUTT Noris performance, Salas can cover our 7th inning. Trade Norris for a bag of hair.

      Reply
  8. EndinStealth

    5 years ago

    Go back where he started?

    Reply
    • angelsfan4life

      5 years ago

      The Cardinals?

      Reply
      • EndinStealth

        5 years ago

        Yeah, need just about any kind of bullpen help.

        Reply
  9. daviebatz

    5 years ago

    Thank god! What took so long?

    Reply
  10. doug148

    5 years ago

    Back to the angles

    Reply
    • angelsfan4life

      5 years ago

      Nope. More likely to Seattle

      Reply
    • Slump

      5 years ago

      Obtuse or acute?

      Reply
      • angels fan

        5 years ago

        lol

        Reply
    • The Adrian Beltre

      5 years ago

      After getting Salas, fans would go off on a tangent… So I cannot cosine your statement.

      Reply
      • nymetsking

        5 years ago

        Right!

        Reply
  11. thecrown24

    5 years ago

    Thank god the dude was a dumpster fire after the first few weeks of the season.

    Reply
  12. david722

    5 years ago

    Maybe Dodgers can acquire him for Chris Hatcher?

    Reply

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