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Mets Release Sam Haggerty

By Steve Adams | January 8, 2020 at 5:57pm CDT

The Mets announced Wednesday that they’ve released infielder Sam Haggerty, who’d been designated for assignment last month to open roster space for right-hander Dellin Betances. Clubs typically must resolve a player’s DFA status within seven days, but as was the case with the Tigers and Brandon Dixon earlier today, it seems that the holidays delayed the resolution of this particular DFA.

As MetsMerized’s Jacob Resnick points out (Twitter link), because Haggerty was selected to the 40-man roster after Aug. 15 and would’ve been Rule 5-eligible, he wasn’t able to be outrighted off the Mets’ roster. He’ll now have the opportunity to talk with other clubs as a result of that technicality, but it’s certainly plausible that he’ll return to the Mets on a new minor league pact.

The 25-year-old Haggerty saw his first MLB action this past season but appeared in only 11 games and tallied only four plate appearances. A 24th-round pick by the Indians back in 2015, he came to the Mets alongside Walker Lockett last winter in the trade that sent catcher Kevin Plawecki to the Indians.

Haggerty has played primarily second base in the minors but has experience all over the infield and outfield as well. He’s a .250/.371/.378 hitter in 155 games of Double-A ball and has batted .271/.358/.424 in a much smaller sample of 19 games in Triple-A.

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  1. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    huh. didn’t know that.

    Reply
  2. hiflew

    6 years ago

    Front office mistakes that could have been easily fixed, but end up costing you. That’s so Mets.

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    • dugmet

      6 years ago

      wow thats a bad opinion. haggerty was called up specifically and only to give the Mets a pinch running option on the bases in September. He was organizational depth and nothing more.

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      • Web

        6 years ago

        he got that health insurance for life though

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  3. dynamite drop in monty

    6 years ago

    Stab ya in the face with a soldering iron

    Reply
    • Bill M

      6 years ago

      I was just going to say that

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      • dynamite drop in monty

        6 years ago

        Oh no! Killer mustard gas

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        • skip tracey

          6 years ago

          Does your mother sew? B..m! Get her to sew that!

          Happy to see a Walken quote here. A little humor goes a long way for a lot of us. Thanks for the laughs.

          Reply
        • dynamite drop in monty

          6 years ago

          Cheers Skip

          Reply
  4. bjhaas1977

    6 years ago

    Wow it’s Amazin how inept they are!

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    • Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey

      6 years ago

      Or they were just indifferent because Haggerty isn’t an especially valuable player. It’s not even guaranteed that he’ll sign somewhere else, I doubt teams will be beating down the door to sign C list Terrance Gore.

      Reply
  5. sufferforsnakes

    6 years ago

    4 AB, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 SO…..yet he scored 2 runs?

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    • nymetsking

      6 years ago

      Congrats, you can read a pinch runner’s statline.

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  6. chris5

    6 years ago

    Can someone go check Jacob Rhame’s basement to make sure there isn’t some random Wilpon cousin or grandchild tied up there?

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    • nymetsking

      6 years ago

      Gotta wonder.

      Reply
      • king beas

        6 years ago

        Seawald is much worse

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  7. Orioles Fan

    6 years ago

    Hope the Orioles will sign him. We need all the help we can get

    Reply
    • nymetsking

      6 years ago

      Yeah, they need another 2B here in Norfolk.

      Reply
  8. carlos15

    6 years ago

    The “that’s so Mets” comments are getting pretty tiring.

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    • nymetsking

      6 years ago

      Seriously. He wasn’t even in the Mets top 50 prospects (Desmond Lindsey is still top 25, so that should tell you something) and was half of the “package” they got from Cleveland for one year of Plawecki, who didn’t fit in their plans. It’s hardly a loss if he signs elsewhere.

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      • bobtillman

        6 years ago

        I think Bobby Bonilla is #39 on that list.

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        • nymetsking

          6 years ago

          that low?

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  9. Metsfan9

    6 years ago

    What??? He still has potential! BVW needs to go he just makes such baffling decisions

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    • Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey

      6 years ago

      His “potential” is being a worse version of Terrance Gore.

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  10. rycm131

    6 years ago

    Wow

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  11. megaj

    6 years ago

    Looks like a player that Theo will go after. They could definitely use some situational speed, as they may be the slowest team in the majors.

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  12. king beas

    6 years ago

    Seawald is the worst Mets pitcher I’ve ever seen and he keeps surviving every move somehow get rid of him already!

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    • mecousinvinny

      6 years ago

      I’m thinking more like Edwin Diaz is the worst Mets pitcher I have seen

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  13. bobtillman

    6 years ago

    Sam’s middle name is “Onofrio”…..anybody with the name Samuel Onofrio Haggerty has GOT to be worth a waiver claim……

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  14. Bart Harley Jarvis

    6 years ago

    At first glance, I thought the Mets had released Sammy Hagar. Now that would be news!

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  15. mecousinvinny

    6 years ago

    Mets need another LH in the pen — and how about Kevin Pillar for CF — must be some team that wants Cano — maybe Texas could use him as their DH — they are looking for someone who can hit — Mets pay half his salary

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  16. JackStrawb

    6 years ago

    Another spectacular offseason move by Van Wags, getting Haggerty and Walker Lockett’s 8.34 ERA for useful chip Kevin Plawecki.

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