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Mets Designate Kevin McGowan For Assignment

By Steve Adams | January 18, 2018 at 7:35am CDT

The Mets have designated right-hander Kevin McGowan for assignment as one of the two necessary 40-man roster moves to create space for the signings of Jay Bruce and Adrian Gonzalez, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The move has yet to be formally announced by the team, though it’s listed on the Transactions page at MLB.com.

McGowan, 26, made his big league debut with the Mets in 2017 and tallied 8 2/3 innings out of the team’s bullpen. In that time, he yielded five runs on the strength of eight hits (two homers) and five walks to go along with eight strikeouts. McGowan showed rather strong fly-ball tendencies both in his brief MLB tenure and in Triple-A Las Vegas last season, and he averaged 92.6 mph on his fastball in the Majors.

[Related: Updated New York Mets depth chart]

The former 13th-round pick (Mets, 2013) out of Division-II Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire has a career 4.19 ERA with 8.0 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9 in 66 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level. Because his contract was only just selected to the big league roster in 2017, he has multiple minor league options remaining in the event that another club wants to take a shot on him via the waiver wire. If not, he’ll be assigned outright back to Triple-A and vie for a spot with the big league club once again at some point in 2018.

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  1. EndinStealth

    7 years ago

    I’d be willing to bet he gets snagged by someone.

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    • Cardinals17

      7 years ago

      By the Cardinals.

      Reply
  2. Hello123

    7 years ago

    legacy.baseballprospectus.com/card/68603/aaron-jud… why is he a cardinal in that photo?

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    • Padres Armchair GM

      7 years ago

      Idk if you posted the wrong link,but that link says aaron judge.

      If thats who youre asking about, maybe that was his hs photo?

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      • Hello123

        7 years ago

        I guess it’s strange tho

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  3. CubsRebsSaints

    7 years ago

    AAA shuttle to MLB?? Yeah every teams, up to and including top contenders need guys that can come up and be serviceable. And be cut loose as well. Theo n Jed stack up about 4/5 every year. They may need 1 more. But I’d be willing to bet that he doesn’t slip through. And I can’t believe how old the Mets have gotten. I can’t see them
    Having a very good year. There was a time when Cespedes would’ve benefited BIG TIME from having Agonz belaying behind him. With their starters it’s hard to watch their management waste all those talented arms. If they could sign just 2 good everyday ball players their whole season could be much different. Who knows, maybe they’ll catch lightning in a bottle!?!

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  4. Free Clay Zavada

    7 years ago

    remember Dustin McGowan?

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    • matthew102402

      7 years ago

      Low-key good in 2016. 2.82 ERA, 55 G. Fallen off though since.

      Reply
    • bastros88

      7 years ago

      what in the world happened to him, did he pitch last year?

      Reply
      • matthew102402

        7 years ago

        Yeah. 4.81 FIP though. I didn’t expect him to repeat his 2016.

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  5. Phillies2017

    7 years ago

    Look at this kids numbers in the minors. He was a starter until ’16 and has done very well as a reliever (especially taking into account he looked rather solid in the PCL).

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