The Mets have selected the contract of outfielder Matt den Dekker, per a club announcement. The club also recalled righty Jacob Rhame while optioning outfielder Kevin Kaczmarski and righty Drew Gagnon.
It’s a homecoming for den Dekker, who’ll soon turn 31 years of age. A 2010 fifth-round pick, den Dekker broke into the majors with the Mets in 2013. He was shipped out in the early-2015 deal that brought Jerry Blevins to New York but rejoined the organization on a minor-league deal this winter.
Thus far on the season, through 249 plate appearances at Triple-A Las Vegas, den Dekker has turned in a .286/.336/.524 slash line with 11 long balls. He’ll line up in center field and bat sixth for the Mets tonight.
always liked this guy rooting for him
He can catch anything hit his way. I’d have him as a 4th OF’er on my team.
Always been a fan of his…but too bad the Mets don’t believe in defense
It is quite sad that one of these guys will be displace by Tim Tebow. Oh well…
It’s a pony show for sure. Anything to fill the seats. It’s been done before.
At least Tebow always stood for our national anthem. I wish him well in his “cup of coffee”.
Sick. Sad.
What does standing for anthem have anything to do with his lack of talent in both sports
Another lower case d on the uniform!
it is an upside down “P”
but glad to see the mets went after
a centerfielder (sarcasm),
I mean, they gave $40 million to bruce,
who did they think was gonna play centerfield
when they did this? cespedes? conforto?
nimmo? build around pitching but forgot
defense up the middle!
Um, Lagares?
I hope not lagares after all these years.
they had to see bruce was not a fit, had to know they needed
a defensive centerfielder – buy they gave him $39MM.
Just what was sandy thinking – makes absolutely no f—–g sense!!!
lagares, exile you got to be kidding me, didn’t even mention him after his failures
and besides that meant leaving conforto out of the lineup after his promising
2017 season. lagares, my gosh, that’s just delusional, expecting a player to do
something he hasn’t been able to do in the past after many tries. really do not
understand some of these come back posts