The Mets are signing veteran outfielder Josh Reddick to a minor league contract, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com (Twitter link). Reddick was released by the Diamondbacks on Monday.
Reddick signed a minors deal with the D-Backs over the winter and was selected to the big league roster in mid-May. His stint in Arizona wasn’t especially productive, though, as the left-handed hitter posted a career-worst .258/.285/.371 line over 158 plate appearances. With the last place D-Backs wanting to give a longer look to younger players on the roster, they designated Reddick for assignment last week.
Disappointing 2021 showing aside, there’s no risk for the Mets in adding Reddick on a minor league deal. The veteran has generally been a productive hitter over the course of his career, and he was a league average bat as recently as last season with the Astros. The Mets’ starting outfielders — Dominic Smith, Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto — all hit left-handed, but New York’s bench is stocked with righty bats. Reddick joins Mark Payton and Khalil Lee as high minors options the Mets could call on if they’re looking to add a left-handed hitter to the outfield mix.
Because he signed before August 31, Reddick would be eligible for the Mets’ postseason roster if New York were to qualify. The Mets’ win over the Nationals — coupled with the Phillies’ likely loss to the Dodgers tonight — figures to pull them within a game of the Phils and Braves for the lead in the NL East.
Rather see the red hot Khalil Lee get a shot
the mets should play him in right field instead of comforto who is having a terrible year i hope the mets are not stupid enough to resign comforto
But…he should be cheap
If they offer him qualifying offer he would take it.ng
Wherever he signs, Conforto is going to take a one-year pillow contract.
You think Boras goes for that? Can’t recall if one of his clients has done that. Neither here nor there its time to move on from him. Never blossomed into star and is about to hit wrong side of 30.
To quote one Nelson Muntz, Ha Ha!
Look at Cohen flexing that financial muscle
Should he have given Josh Reddick a bigger contract?
They thought they were signing Andy Roddick, boy are they going to be disappointed when Reddick walks in the clubhouse.
dUmPsTeR DiVe
Dfa in two weeks from that cavernous my ball park
Hmm. The reddick I remember could hit the ball out of RF at ANY park. If he’s DFA’d, it’s because he truly is washed up, which don’t think myself he is. Look him up.. The guy hit 30+ for Oakland 1 year and not with the juiced baseball, like a certain 1b the mets have
I applaud your fan loyalty to the player, but that was 9 years ago and the only season he hit more than 20 HR.
HR aren’t everything anyway. His best year was 2017 when he hit 13 HR and had a 130 OPS+ and .314 BA. In that park, a guy hitting the gaps for average could play better than a HR hitter with a low average.
Trashtro
are you implying Alonso cannot be a 40-50 homer guy year in and year out? You’re a troll Take a look at Alonso’s exit velocity and launch angle that will answer all your questions on the fact that the dude hits Bombs juiced ball or non juiced ball. How ignorant can you be what a Homer!!
We could have really used Degrom and Lindor for this 13 game stretch…..
Sorry for you, 7 against the dodgers is gonna be likely very rough
It will be fine… not scared of them at all. I’m just worried if we go like 6-7 the Braves play the horrible marlins and Nats lol. I’m not worried long term but they might make it annoying!
Zero Mets position players would start for the Dodgers, whose fans aren’t whining about being without Mookie Betts, Justin Turner, Clayton Kershaw, and Dustin May. No excuses. Just win.
By the way, how did the Mets do last week against the horrible Marlins?
I think Javier Baez, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso would start for the Dodgers.
Those are some of the best players in baseball, they would find a way to fit them in the lineup.
You can say you missed Lindor but that is really you just overmilking injury complaints. He’s been terrible for the Mets. Him off the roster may have made your chances better.
Hmm…This year, Seager/Trea Turner are better than Baez/Lindor and Muncy would start over Alonso.
So no, the Mets have no position players that would start on a healthy Dodgers team in 2021, platoons notwithstanding.
If you want to argue rotation, then a healthy DeGrom starts displaces a healthy May or Gonsolin, as would a healthy Carrasco. Of course, none of those guys on either team is healthy, so it’s a moot point.
Those guys would not start over Corey Seager, Trea Turner and Max Muncy. Stop overrating Alonso. In fewer plate appearances, he trails Muncy in every statistical category by home runs (24-23). Muncy is also a better defense 1B who also plays an excellent 2B and decent 3B. There is no real case for Alonso over Muncy (or Lindor/Baez over Seager/Turner).
Alonso would start over Muncy if they didn’t have either of the Turner’s, or if both were hurt (Muncy at 2B or 3B, Alonso at first).
Lindor is a fine player,. but not the kind you invest $341 million in. I’ve often posted on this forum how much I value defense. However, that kind of money should go to the type of hitter who can be THE guy in your lineup. A hitter who has a ripple effect that makes the rest of the lineup better. The Mets don’t have that kind of player. What they have is a bunch of complimentary hitters who would feel off such a player. If they had a Betts, Freeman, Harper, or Machado type, their offense would be more productive. Instead, they have a bunch of players trying to be that guy when none of them are. As a result, they start chasing and getting themselves out. For long stretches, they become easy to pitch to. And by stretches, I mean several games as opposed to several innings.
Offensively, they don’t have a defining strength. Runs scored, doubles, triples, steals, total bases, drawing walks, OPS — they are at or near the bottom in almost everything. They are on pace to break the single-season record for sacrifice flies (they have 12, the record is 19). Not a major category, but another example of how they don’t do the little things to create funs. They hit plenty of flies balls; just not when they really need one.
But the Dodgers do have those players. And it doesn’t change the fact that Muncy is a better player than Alonso in every way conceivable. Fewer plate appearances, but more run scored, hits, doubles, triples, and walks, fewer strikeouts, and a better BA, OBP, SLG, and OPS. Muncy is second in the league to Tatis in offensive WAR. At this point, he is a top-five MVP candidate, maybe top three. Muncy has more grit than Alonso. He seldom chases. Nor does he get himself out like Alonso frequently does.
A healthy Dodgers team means no room for Alonso. Why in the world would you start Alonso over Muncy?
So after sooooooo many 1st place NL west wins your Dodgers win a 60 game WS. Like way back in the strike year. What a great wonderful team
@metfan4ever, are you really gonna go there? I mean, 1986 was a long time ago. Deep down, you would kill to have the Dodgers history versus the Mets reality of being mostly bad, with a few good seasons sprinkled in, and two championships in 60 years.
Careful of your glass house, my man.
Actually, looking at the Dodgers lineup, there’s no place for them.
Alonso is not better than Muncy. Please.
The only starter I could put on the dodgers is Lindor but only cause JT is currently hurt/sitting moving Seager to 3B.
Since your going just off this year…… any of our 3 OF us starting over that pathetic bellinger….
Yup, Bellinger has been bad for over a year now, but I’d still take him over any of Nimmo/Conforto/Smith just based on the potential that he can return to MVP form. And Bellinger does seem to breaking out of his lump over the last couple of weeks, as you will hopefully see firsthand this weekend.
By that comment right there. It’s fine if you think like that.. but if that the way we are thinking than I’m taking Alonso over muncy
Mcniel would be a tie with Turner
I’d take Lindor over seager
It goes both ways…
The players you would take are why the Mets have a 162-game average of 77-85 over the past four years.
Alonso and McNeil aren’t on the same level as Muncy and either Turner. Seager is flat-out a better hitter than Lindor,. which the Mets would need because they’re near the bottom in every significant offensive category. Seager would instantly become the best hitter on the team. Also, you’d be hard-pressed to name a better defensive outfielder than Bellinger (maybe his teammates Betts). He was a gem at 1B before moving to the outfield.
@MetsFan22: “I’m just worried if we go like 6-7 the Braves play the horrible marlins and Nats lol. I’m not worried long term but they might make it annoying!”
So it’s the Mets playing the Nationals and the Braves that are playing a better team; the Reds.
Metsfan22 rocken’ the excuses.
Bellinger is heating up my friend. Conforto is not.
Yeah, you’re right. Everybody played the exact same season but just because your team lost means the winner doesn’t matter. Good one!
no, I don’t mean that at all. What I mean it’s a LL WS and not a MLB WS
Cey Hey, I know Pot is legal in Calf, and if cey hey is for Ron Cey or Mays you must be an old dude who’s living back in the 70s. The Dodgers lost 2 straight WS to the Yankees in the 70s right. after being up 2 gave to none.
SOOO POTENTIAL, not actual right. Because Nimmo does his job every year. Lead off hitter with a high OBP. and the POTENTIAL of Smith, wellll. Please.
Muncy’s 263 avg is his highest. HR/RBI the same. And Muncey is 30. Both good players but you can’t say 1 is better than the other
Man…people with the words “met” and “fan” in their usernames sure have some bad takes. I don’t understand how anyone can not admit the Dodgers are legit.
Yes I would.. Why would I want to come so close year after year, just to lose. Do you live and die by the Dodgers. Man you need outside interest
legit runners up. the the guy who can never get the hot girl/guy (doesn’t matter to me if you go that way).. they always get the last one left at the end of the nite. sorry LALA
They literally won the World Series last year. This is the most wrong statement ever made.
“If you want to argue rotation, then a healthy DeGrom starts displaces a healthy May or Gonsolin, as would a healthy Carrasco.”
A healthy deGrom would displace any starter on the Dodgers and any #1 starter on any other team in baseball. Healthy, he’s the best starting pitcher in baseball by a wide margin.
they won a 60 game WS not a 162 game WS, literally
Nope rather have Seager, or Turner at SS/2nd than Lindor and Baez. Rather have Muncy at 1st than Alonso.
Alot of teams could use their injured players…That’s why depth is so important for playoff contending teams!!
The Braves could definitely use Acuña Jr., Soroka, Tucker Davidson, and a healthy Ynoa for this stretch too..
I told you it was only a matter of time before the Braves caught the Mets, even with all their injuries and the Braves terrible start to the season…
Mets should have buried them when they had the chance!! Either way though, it’s going to be one heck of a race to see who wins in the end, and don’t discount the Phighting Phills either..
None of the East teams are good enough to snatched up one of the wild card spots, so it will have to be Division Title or BUST for these three squads!!
Also, I cannot believe freaking BRAD MILLER has almost single-handedly got the Phillies into first place for the moment!?! Lol
It’s been Bryce
Brad Miller? What are you talking about? Bryce and Hoskins were on fire. Realmuto got hot. Segura too. It’s been a team effort, not Brad Miller who had 2 great games.
It’s funny, one of my fave NL teams has always been the Mets but lately I look forward to them losing just to read your increasingly unhinged comments.
Anyone else see this one coming from a mile away?
He’s Going To Spend The Summer in Syracuse until The Next Injury…..
He’s better than Almora
I figured the A’s would grab him but the Mets beat em to it
Hasn’t been as productive since he left the Astros. How convenient.
He wasn’t particularly productive offensively with the Astros apart for his first season (which was the best offensive season of his career) with them. The other three seasons were below league average and he had 3 of his 4 worst offensive seasons (prior to this year with Arizona) since becoming a full time player when he was in Houston. The Astros’ scandal aside, his bat was already declining.
“Apart from his first season.” The 2017 season. The infamous championship season.”
It’s more convenient that his best season was in 2017.
His 2012 stats were comparable, much higher HR total, just didn’t hit for average
Which is indicative of knowing the pitch and putting bat on ball
Five years younger.
Exactly.
No more trash can banging.
This screams of desperation. I’ll say it once again. Fold as a franchise and restart as the Rochester Rabbits.
Hey, at least you have a FO willing to try and fix things. That’s all you can ask for. The Mets need to hit consistently. They haven’t all year. At some point you got to blame the players over ownership. Mets will be fine next year.
You have to blame the players, hitting coach aside). I watch Brandon Drury bat and watch him hit the ball where it is pitched. If he needs to hit a fly ball his approach is to do that. If all he needs is a single and the pitch is low and on the outside, he goes with the pitch and sends it between the first and second basemen. Look at Alonso and Conforto. More LOBs than their teammates per plate appearance because i see no adjustment in their approach. People complain that Runs Scored or Runs Batted In are lame statistics, and maybe Left On Base is too. But it seems that just looking at the old school stats shows that these Mets do not or cannot “situationally hit”.. Alonso should be ashamed he wins the Horne Run Derby but hits the way he does in games. I still maintain David Wright got so
messed up by participating in the Home Run Derby and was never the same hitter. Runs count! It doesn’t matter if they came in by a single, a home run, or just hitting to the right side with a runner on third and less than two outs.
I like this move. Reddick is a better hitter and fielder than Conforto. I don’t care what advance stats you try to convince me with. Id prefer Drury over Conforto but our manager for some reason has an infatuation with Conforto and refuses to put Drury in the lineup even though hes been our best hitter the past 3 weeks
It’s pretty likely that Drury would not be the Mets best hitter if he was playing every day. But Conforto should be batting 8th.
Was a better hitter and fielder not no mo
Mets are simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
They are sinking fast and won’t survive the next 2 weeks of 13 Straight Games vs. Dodgers & Giants. LOL
Mets just ordered 500 garbage cans and a dozen buzzers.
And Carlos Beltran borrowed Bobby Valentine’s disguise so he can give the signals.
I’m completely ok with giving him a minors deal to see what he can do, but maybe they thought they were getting JJ and were expecting him to get some good looks from 3.
Was originally thinking he would take the AAA assignment if Arizona didn’t release him….so this is a nice alternative for him.
Small risk high reward potential. If the excitement of New York reinvigorates him for the last part of the season great, if not scrapheap. Would like to see one last hurrah from this guy though.
Dumpster Diving Mets….again…..
dumpster is full yet they still trying to dumpster dive
How can you call them dumpster diving after the expensive offseason they had? Geez louise.
keep your yap shut ya purple she man
…Lol I don’t know what this means.
Not safe to dumpster dive in the dumpster fire
34 year old depth piece: check!
Can he pitch?
Not well…
another washed up has been reject signed by the poor Mutts
Reddick would have been useful on the Mariners.
You guys are slackers. When the RS pick up minor league depth, we get at least 200 comments.
Honestly that’s just the Chaim haters talkin and insulting each other
Surprised anybody wants this baggage
Woooooooo!
Good depth honestly
FADING FAST maybe try the Mexican League released players or The Korean League
Hey Mutts hurry and claim Jake Arrieta he is now available another crappy pitcher who will take you to the promise land according to you Mutt fans everytime a player is picked up.
I wonder if Reddick’s high school nickname was Blueballs? I’m just asking a question.
Methinks Bob333 has that handle because he’s bobbed his head up and down 333 times in some dudes lap.
FYI Tommy MIlone now available for the MUTTS he would be a great depth signing LOL.mumsy01 keep drinking the kool aid you loser.Oh yeah it takes one to know one
so keep sucking on the Mutts
He’s awful, why don’t guys retire when they should
Great comeback “Bob”. Up and down, up and down, 333 times then swallow.