The Pirates announced they’ve claimed left-hander Anthony Banda off waivers from the Mets. Pittsburgh already had a vacancy on the 40-man roster. New York designated Banda for assignment over the weekend.
Banda’s tenure with the Mets proved a fairly short one. New York acquired the 27-year-old in a minor league trade with the Giants in early July. He was selected to the roster a couple weeks later but let go after making five relief appearances totaling 7 1/3 innings. Banda was tagged for eight runs (six earned) on fourteen hits in that time, although he did strike out seven while issuing a single walk.
This marks the fifth consecutive season in which Banda has gotten big league work, although he’s not picked up more than 25 2/3 frames in any single year. A one-time top 100 prospect while coming up in the Diamondbacks system, Banda has been set back by injuries and struggles at the highest levels in recent years. He carries a 4.99 ERA in parts of five Triple-A seasons but was quite good up through Double-A. Banda is out of minor league options, so he needs to stick in the big leagues or wind up back on waivers moving forward.
Of course they did
Mets should claim Workman
Sign, can’t claim if he’s a free agent
Yes
He would be worth a look, what could it hurt between what they tried already out there.
Workman makes Banda look like Cy Young.
Why not give Tropeano a shot? Hartlieb sucks!
I agree ,like what has Tropeano done lol,it feels like for some reason they just wont use him.
He has a good arm & I like his personality! I enjoyed his time here with the Mets, best of luck I hope he figures it out.
I would love for the Mets to sign workman. He was horrible last year with the phils. It would help the braves and phillies
That’s the real Banda misfits
Good luck to Banda. His performance wasn’t as bad as his ERA shows. He was asked to stay in games longer than he should have because the Mets were conserving the rest of the bullpen.
After the “Black Friday” of the trade avalanche, it’s hard to get excited about this.
Mets, Panda is available if you need some hugs
Actually he looked pretty good with the Mets except he was misused his last outing. He worked a clean inning in relief but the Mets ran him out for another inning which was his downfall.
worth a look, if nothing else (probably nothing else)
Traded from the brewers to the Diamondbacks
Throw it all against the wall and maybe something sticks.
I don’t think this will be one of the many, many situations where a team picks up a guy like this, he stinks the place up, and is back on the waiver wire within a week or two. Hopefully he survives the season with PIT and goes to ST with them next year.
Banda the run, Banda the run
And the jailer man and Sailor Sam
Were searching everyone
For the Banda the run, Banda the run
I thought if anything, they would have claimed Nivaldo Rodríguez.