Headlines

  • Dipoto: Mariners Interested In Re-Signing Josh Naylor
  • Anthony Volpe Playing Through Partial Labrum Tear
  • Orioles Promoted Mike Elias Prior To 2025 Season
  • Anthony Rizzo Retires
  • Cubs Place Kyle Tucker On Injured List
  • Blue Jays Place Bo Bichette On Injured List
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2026-27 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Mets Announce Wacha Signing, Designate Chris Mazza

By Jeff Todd | December 13, 2019 at 1:44pm CDT

The Mets announced today that they have signed righty Michael Wacha, as previously reported. To create 40-man space, the club designated fellow right-hander Chris Mazza for assignment.

Mazza made his MLB debut last year, throwing 16 1/3 innings of 5.51 ERA ball over nine outings. He was better in the upper minors, working in the mid-three ERA range in stints at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. Mazza has a penchant for drawing groundballs on the farm, though he’ll need to prove he can do so consistently in the bigs if he’s able to earn his way back up.

Wacha tells reporters that he expects to function as a starter in New York. Indeed, that was a key factor in his decision, he suggested. (Via MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, on Twitter.) With Rick Porcello also set to join the staff on the same premise, it seems the Mets will at some point strike a trade involving another starter (or have some explaining to do).

Share 0 Retweet 2 Send via email0

New York Mets Transactions Chris Mazza Michael Wacha

Royals Re-Sign Jesse Hahn
Main
Red Sox Sign Jose Peraza
View Comments (25)
Post a Comment

25 Comments

  1. Sk8rboi

    6 years ago

    This is proof that Syndergaard is going to be traded. Syndergaard, Cespedes, Rosario for Whitley, Tucker, and Correa

    Reply
    • stevecohenMVP

      6 years ago

      lol proof? how so?

      Houston does not do that trade

      5
      Reply
    • Mets Fan For Life

      6 years ago

      They are not trading syndergaard and astros not trading correa together with top 2 prospects.

      3
      Reply
    • Francys01

      6 years ago

      Thank you, Wacha for the time in St Louis. Good luck with the Mets.

      3
      Reply
      • ABCD

        6 years ago

        Yes, sorry to see Wacha out of the NL Central.

        Reply
    • @DaOldDerbyBastard

      6 years ago

      See you later boi.

      Reply
    • rct

      6 years ago

      Only a buffoon would think that signing two aging, back-end starters with huge injury and/or performance question marks would mean that they’re trading their #2 starter.

      1
      Reply
    • txman22

      6 years ago

      Watching Tucker in post season he didn’t impress me. Looked overpowered by fastball & couldn’t lay off high one.

      Reply
    • dugmet

      6 years ago

      no.

      Reply
    • iamhector24

      6 years ago

      Please stick to pop songs.

      Reply
  2. david klein

    6 years ago

    Question is what Wacha’s role will be? Please don’t trade Matz or Thor

    1
    Reply
    • stevecohenMVP

      6 years ago

      swingman/longman in BP

      2
      Reply
      • whynot 2

        6 years ago

        It’s too early in the off-season for wacha to have settled for a bullpen role. There are plenty of third tier teams who would have let him start for the same kind of monetary commitment

        Reply
        • allweatherfan

          6 years ago

          If you need a starter for 3-4 innings, Wacha is your guy.

          Reply
        • sheagoodbye

          6 years ago

          There is no room for him in the rotation and we have very limited starter depth as it is.

          He has to go to the pen and wait for an injury.

          Reply
      • david klein

        6 years ago

        Issue is he has incentives built in for starts

        1
        Reply
  3. Dan Hunter

    6 years ago

    Wacha Davis Lowrie
    trade bait

    Reply
    • khopper10

      6 years ago

      Nobody’s biting

      1
      Reply
  4. Bill M

    6 years ago

    Personally I don’t think any of the Mets six starters will be traded before the trade deadline. They can start the season with a six man rotation and soon enough, someone will get injured

    2
    Reply
    • jorge78

      6 years ago

      Good chance of that Bill M!
      So many injuries these days…..

      1
      Reply
    • sheagoodbye

      6 years ago

      And god knows we need a legitimate 6th starter, given who we had to trot out there last season whenever someone missed a start.

      Even an innings-eater type of starter would do wonders for the team, both in terms of actual performance as well as in sparing the bullpen.

      1
      Reply
    • Eatdust666

      6 years ago

      Yeah, because it seems like playing for the Mets can be a guaranteed injury for a certain player.

      1
      Reply
      • Bill M

        6 years ago

        It does seem that way. But really, all teams have that issue to some degree. Look at the Yankees last season. With all the injuries they had, their depth still lead them to the playoffs. And the 2019 Mets weren’t nearly as injury prone as the 2018 team

        Reply
  5. CFAP

    6 years ago

    Good luck to the Mets. I hope you get the most out of those 14 starts this year from Wacha.

    Reply
  6. angt222

    6 years ago

    Mazza should join former Mets teammates Flexen and Gagnon and sign with a Korean baseball team.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Dipoto: Mariners Interested In Re-Signing Josh Naylor

    Anthony Volpe Playing Through Partial Labrum Tear

    Orioles Promoted Mike Elias Prior To 2025 Season

    Anthony Rizzo Retires

    Cubs Place Kyle Tucker On Injured List

    Blue Jays Place Bo Bichette On Injured List

    Phillies Place Trea Turner, Alec Bohm On Injured List

    Sean Murphy To Undergo Hip Surgery

    Trea Turner To Undergo MRI Due To Hamstring Strain

    Davey Johnson Passes Away

    Mets Option Kodai Senga

    NPB’s Kazuma Okamoto, Tatsuya Imai Expected To Be Posted For MLB Teams

    Shelby Miller Likely Headed For Tommy John Surgery

    Red Sox To Place Roman Anthony On Injured List

    Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Diagnosed With Torn ACL

    Braves Claim Ha-Seong Kim From Rays

    Jason Adam Likely Headed For Season-Ending Quad Surgery

    Mariners Promote Harry Ford, Release Donovan Solano

    Phillies Sign Walker Buehler To Minors Contract

    Red Sox Extend Aroldis Chapman

    Recent

    Dipoto: Mariners Interested In Re-Signing Josh Naylor

    Astros To Select Zach Cole

    Rockies To Place Chase Dollander On Injured List

    The Opener: Trout, Senga, Wild Card Chase

    Anthony Volpe Playing Through Partial Labrum Tear

    Mets Outright Wander Suero

    Angels Outright Chad Stevens

    Craig Breslow, Red Sox Plan To Hire GM This Offseason

    Blue Jays Designate Orelvis Martinez For Assignment

    Dodgers Release Matt Sauer

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Every MLB Trade In July
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2026-27 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information

    hide arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version