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Mets Select Blake Taylor, Claim Stephen Gonsalves

By Jeff Todd and Connor Byrne | November 4, 2019 at 4:31pm CDT

The Mets have announced the addition of two left-handed hurlers to their 40-man roster. Blake Taylor’s contract was selected from Triple-A while the club claimed Stephen Gonsalves off waivers from the Twins.

Taylor, 24, has been a member of the Mets organization for more than a decade. The 2013 second-round pick of the Pirates joined New York in the teams’ 2014 swap centering on Ike Davis. Taylor was a somewhat highly touted prospect during his draft class, of course, though he hasn’t climbed above the Triple-A level yet. He did dominate in Double-A ball this year, though, as the left-hander posted a 1.85 ERA/2.61 FIP with 10.38 K/9, 2.77 BB/9 and a 50.5 percent groundball rate in 39 innings.

It hasn’t been long since Gonsalves, 25, was a top 100 prospect, and now the southpaw’s days with the Twins are over after a lengthy run as a member of the organization. Gonsalves had been with Minnesota since it grabbed him in the fourth round of the 2013 draft. However, control problems have haunted Gonsalves in recent years, especially during his only taste of the majors in 2018, and he barely pitched at all this season. Elbow and forearm problems limited Gonsalves to a total of 13 innings among three different minor league levels in 2019, but the Mets will nonetheless take a chance on the once-promising hurler.

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  1. JDGoat

    3 years ago

    High upside claim in Gonsalves

    Reply
    • ScottCFA

      3 years ago

      Is Gonsalves hurt? It doesn’t look like he pitched much in 2018-2019. He was one of the Twins’ top prospects not all that long ago.

      Reply
      • PapiElf

        3 years ago

        He had some elbow issue.

        Reply
  2. aromaa

    3 years ago

    Blake Taylor acquired for Ike Davis. Amazing.

    Reply
  3. Metsfan9

    3 years ago

    Decent moves. Like both of these pitchers. Hopefully Taylor isn’t Nogosek 2.0

    Reply
  4. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    foolish of the Twins to DFA Gonsalves with their many rotation question marks next year, unless he hasnt fully recovered from his injuries.

    Reply
    • Strike Four

      3 years ago

      Who would you boot off the 40 man instead of him?

      Reply
      • DarkSide830

        3 years ago

        Wisler

        Reply
    • wjf010

      3 years ago

      Have you seen him pitch? Think Martin Perez without the velocity….or the talent.

      Reply
  5. jvent

    3 years ago

    Mets should get Devenski also that’s 2 bullpen pieces a lefty and a righty

    Reply
  6. layventsky

    3 years ago

    5 years is not more than a decade.

    Reply
    • Out of place Met fan

      3 years ago

      I read the sentence three times to be sure I didn’t misread it.

      Reply
    • nymetsking

      3 years ago

      Maybe Jeff meant it seems like he’s been in the org a decade. Hard to believe he’s still around. Even harder to believe he’s still just 24.

      Reply
    • WedgeAnt27

      3 years ago

      Perhaps he was a bat boy?

      Reply
  7. Moneyballer

    3 years ago

    Twins are cleaning house on their missed prospects! Stewart and Gonsalves GONE. They have some serious signing or some serious trading to do this offseason!

    Reply
  8. Adam

    3 years ago

    A 24 year old has been in the Mets farm system for more than a decade? Did he sign while still in Little League?

    Reply
    • cleonswoboda

      3 years ago

      Joe Nuxhall part 2.

      Reply
    • metzfan

      3 years ago

      I didn’t understand that either. Not sure what he possibly could have meant. If you meant since earlier in the decade maybe but that isn’t that early in the decade. Maybe he copied and pasted something else from somewhere else and maybe did some drugs before the article was written

      Reply
  9. CaptainHooks

    3 years ago

    SAD when the Twins MLB beat writer, Do-Hyoung Park, is listing Stephen Gonzales as a potential Twins 2020 starter DAYS after he is CLAIMED by the Mets..

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