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Mets Select Jake Hager, Designate Trevor Hildenberger

By Connor Byrne | May 15, 2021 at 11:27am CDT

The Mets have selected the contract of infielder Jake Hager and designated right-handed reliever Trevor Hildenberger for assignment, according to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News. The team also optioned outfielder Khalil Lee to Triple-A Syracuse.

Hager was the 32nd overall pick of the Rays back in 2011, but he hasn’t played in the majors to this point. The 28-year-old has seen action in Triple-A ball in five seasons, including this one, and batted .243/.291/.373 with 22 home runs in 1,112 plate appearances at that level. He got off to a sizzling start in the minors this year en route to a promotion, slashing .405/.436/.703 with three home runs in 39 PA as a member of the Syracuse club.

Hildenberger, 30, joined the Mets in the offseason on a minor league contract. They promoted the former Twin in early April, but opposing offenses scored four runs off him on on three hits and three walks over 2 1/3 innings and two appearances. That continued a difficult run in the majors for Hildenberger, who has pitched to a 5.52 ERA in 133 2/3 frames. The Mets will have a week to trade, release or pass him through waivers.

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  1. Metsfan9

    2 years ago

    This means that every single player in the 2011 MLB draft first round except for 2 have made the major leagues. That’s insane by baseball standards.

    Reply
    • hiflew

      2 years ago

      Definitely in contention for best first round of all time. There were a handful of cup of coffee guys included, but the majority of those players have been fairly regular big leaguers and several of them have been legit stars in MLB. Cole, Bauer, Rendon, Lindor, Baez, Springer, the late Jose Fernandez, Sonny Gray are or were superstars. And there were a lot more solid big league players too. Just an amazing draft.

      It is a shame that the Rays had 10 of the first 60 picks that year and got Blake Snell and not much else.

      Reply
      • TheMichigan

        2 years ago

        Most likely the final two, Kevin Matthews and Levi Michael won’t make it to the bigs. Levi did okay split between Triple AAA and double AA for the giants in 2019, but he’s a 30 year old middle infielder with no real intangibles or even a contract rn since he elected free agency last November. He could make it as a reserve infielder but I think his career is done.

        Kevin Matthews flamed out in single A and in my opinion shouldn’t have been a first round pick to begin with, due to the lack of preparation the Rangers front office was unprepared and should’ve gone with a more polished HS prospect like Snell or Musgrove. Matthews has been playing Indy ball since 2017 and looks to be retired.

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    • connfyoozed

      2 years ago

      That’s a cool factoid, thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  2. BrittinghamSports

    2 years ago

    I hope Hager works out.. Me and a bunch of other commenters from MLBTR started a 20-team fantasy league. 1 of the owners has left but his team is still pretty good. He is 3-2 and in line to make the playoffs in 6th place. He has Gerrit Cole and Tyler Glasnow. Is anyone willing to take over the team? 16 teams make the playoffs in this league so you would be virtually certain to make the playoffs.This is a good big league only for MLBTR commenters.

    Reply
    • uvmfiji

      2 years ago

      I’m interested what do I need to do

      Reply
  3. Braves Butt-Head

    2 years ago

    The Wrestler?

    Reply
    • MoneyBallJustWorks

      2 years ago

      we the people

      Reply
  4. jdgoat

    2 years ago

    So did they acquire him from wrestling or Bellator?

    Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      2 years ago

      That Jake Hager would be a power hitter. This one doesn’t appear to be.

      Reply
  5. connfyoozed

    2 years ago

    Hildenberger… he’ll always have 2017, I suppose.

    Reply
  6. Tom1968

    2 years ago

    Said it on another page and im going to say it here..lucchesi sucks..no idea what you ppl see in him

    Reply
  7. Tom1968

    2 years ago

    For a guy with a big baseball bloodline,rojas doesnt make sense to me some of the time..why the hell do you need a reliever to start a game when theres gsellman? Or even lucchesi who looks like he will never be any good ,but a starter at least.

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