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Padres Claim Sam McWilliams Off Waivers From Mets

By Mark Polishuk | June 5, 2021 at 1:06pm CDT

The Padres announced (via Twitter) that right-hander Sam McWilliams has been claimed off waivers from the Mets.  Right-hander Taylor Williams was moved to the 60-day injured list to create 40-man roster space for McWilliams.

New York designated McWilliams for assignment earlier this week, as the righty had gotten off to a very rough start in his first 8 1/3 innings for Triple-A Syracuse.  McWilliams issued eight walks and also allowed three home runs over those 8 1/3 frames, en route to a 10.80 ERA.

Over 52 1/3 career innings at the Triple-A level in both the Mets and Rays organizations, McWilliams now has an 8.60 ERA.  Though he has yet to reach the big leagues, the Mets inked McWilliams to a one-year MLB deal worth $750K last November, taking a flier on a promising young arm.

The Padres will now assume the remainder of that salary as per their waiver claim, and they’ll see if they can get McWilliams on track.  Given the number of trades between the Padres and Rays in recent years, it wouldn’t be surprising if San Diego had initially had interest in McWilliams back in his days in Tampa’s farm system.

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26 Comments

  1. MetsFan22

    4 years ago

    Good luck turning him around. Wish nothing but the best for him. Cool guy. But his walks were a bug issue. Mechanical it’s a mess at best.

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      4 years ago

      Did you copy and paste this from Padres fans that said the same thing about Joey Lucchesi or from us Marlins fans about Stephen Tarpley?

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      • MetsFan22

        4 years ago

        Joey pitched a nice game 3 days in a row. Looks like we are fixing him…. good try tho…

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        • MarlinsFanBase

          4 years ago

          Okay, then you must’ve copied it from us Marlins fans about Stephen Tarpley.

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        • MetsFan22

          4 years ago

          I always knew he was bad so yea I thought that he was not fixable.

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      • DrDan75

        4 years ago

        Joey has always had a decent arm and lots of potential. I’m glad he wound up pitching for the Mets this year rather than the Pirates.

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      • TeamNameFanBaseballTeam

        4 years ago

        I think you both copied your screen names from me and half the other commenters. There’s not much originality in most of the comments, doesn’t mean they’re copies.

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    • alc47

      4 years ago

      You two should kiss already. Lots of sexual tension between metsfan & Marlinsfan.

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      • MetsFan22

        4 years ago

        lol

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        • MarlinsFanBase

          4 years ago

          @MetsFan22

          You seriously “lol” at that? That is just so disturbing.

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        • oldmansteve

          4 years ago

          Nothing disturbing about a man kissing another man. You hate the gays or something?

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        • MarlinsFanBase

          4 years ago

          It’s disturbing when the guy responds like that because it totally changes my observation of his interactions with me.

          Nothing against LGBT+. It’s just that I’m hetero and have a wife a kid. He’s got no shot.

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      • DarkSide830

        4 years ago

        dude, are you five?

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    • whyhayzee

      4 years ago

      How are his walks a bug issue? Are you trying to insect a little humor here?

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      • Brew’88

        4 years ago

        maybe he was trying to say a fly with no wings is a walk?

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  2. Metsfan9

    4 years ago

    He’s worth a shot in the big leagues if he can work out his control. That’s a big if and I’m not particularly upset we lost him but I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes a serviceable reliever a few years down the line

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  3. Hudson6

    4 years ago

    So he isn’t the 2B the link is taking me to?

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    • Jersey609

      4 years ago

      No, I hate when it does that lol

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  4. whyhayzee

    4 years ago

    They’re moving Williams to make room for McWilliams? Isn’t that just two spaces to the right?

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    • oldmansteve

      4 years ago

      No, per usual, an editing mistake on this website.

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  5. jim stem

    4 years ago

    Switching dugouts.

    Another case of throwing 100+, max effort and terrible mechanics. He can’t command his fastball and his lower half is all over the mound, so good luck with changing him now.

    In hindsight, I’m sure the Rays or A’s will right him. Lol

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    • I Beg To Differ

      4 years ago

      The logical solution would he switch him to a 2 seam fastball and sacrifice a little speed for command.

      95-98 mph > 99- 100 mph if you can command it better.

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  6. Bill

    4 years ago

    That was very nice of the Padres to take that MLB contract off the Mets hands.

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  7. mumsy01

    4 years ago

    His mechanics are truly awful. No drive toward the plate. He actually recoils backward when he throws as well as pulls off to first base side. He has zero command. He is like a basketball player shooting with no follow through. Just flicking it. Arm is great. Mechanics are a total revamp. Thanks for taking that salary.

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    • Gwynning

      4 years ago

      You guys really concerned about us absorbing 350k? I thought Uncle Stevie erased all of your financial “issues”!

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      • Bill M

        4 years ago

        The point is that it was dumb for the Mets to give this guy a major league guaranteed contract in the first place. Now the Pads get to pay it.

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