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Mets Sign Tzu-Wei Lin To Minor League Contract

By Anthony Franco | March 17, 2022 at 3:33pm CDT

The Mets are in agreement with Tzu-Wei Lin on a minor league contract, reports Michael Mayer of Metsmerized (on Twitter). Presumably, the lefty-hitting utilityman will take part in big league Spring Training.

Lin appeared briefly in the majors with the Red Sox in each season from 2017-20. Over that stretch, he appeared in 101 games and tallied 218 plate appearances, hitting .223/.298/.316 with a home run and two stolen bases. He spent the bulk of his time defensively in the middle infield while picking up occasional stray starts at third base and at all three outfield spots.

Boston outrgithed Lin off their 40-man roster at the end of the 2020 season, at which point he elected minor league free agency. He hooked on with the Twins on a minors deal and made it to the majors for the fifth consecutive year in the briefest of fashions. Lin was selected to the big league club in late April and entered one game as a defensive replacement in left field. He was outrighted off the roster not long after and assigned to Triple-A St. Paul. He barely played for the Saints, however, spending all but seven games on the minor league injured list.

Lin again elected free agency at the end of the year, and now he’ll add some versatile non-roster depth to the Mets organization. The Taiwan native has a .268/.327/.385 line in parts of four Triple-A campaigns. He has basically never hit for any power but he’s posted strong contact numbers throughout his time in the minors and was regarded as a solid defensive infielder during his time as a prospect.

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  1. Alkie

    11 months ago

    So, a two-way for Tzu-Wei?

    Reply
    • Edp007

      11 months ago

      He’s working hard on switch hitting 🙂

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        11 months ago

        I’m not going to tease or mock anything the Mets do in 2022. They are legitimate this year. The Braves have their work cut out for them.

        Reply
        • MarlinsFanBase

          11 months ago

          @Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          Did you copy and paste this from all of the previous years?

        • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

          11 months ago

          Actually MarlinsFanBase, I gave Metsfan22 all the crap I possibly could. I really feel the Mets are good with all the changes they made for 2022.

        • MarlinsFanBase

          11 months ago

          I’ll stick with my thoughts of waiting to see if they can live up to the hype. They always make moves in the offseason that inspire many of their fan base to drink the Kool-Aid, but in the end, they do what they always do during the season.

          Yes, they look like they did a great job this offseason, and I do pick them for second place and a playoff spot, but there is one thing to consider. If Father Time visits their roster this year, they’ll be doing what they always do. On paper they have good moves, but those big moves were of guys who are all on the wrong side of 30.

    • NYMetsFanatic

      11 months ago

      Nice! 😀

      Reply
  2. davidk1979

    11 months ago

    Linsanity!

    Reply
    • MarlinsFanBase

      11 months ago

      If you don’t get Carmeeeeelo to be his double-play partner, Lin will be able to get the ball back and do his thing. With Carmeeeeelo, he won’t because we all know that Carmeeeeeelo has “been doin’ dis fo’ years. Mah teammates need to adjust to me.”

      Reply
      • You Can Put It In The Books

        11 months ago

        We already knew you were a conservative pr**k, now we know you’re also racist.

        Reply
  3. Oscar the Grouch

    11 months ago

    For sure the icing on a championship cake!

    Reply
  4. Ken Jergins

    11 months ago

    Boston outGIRTHED Lin?????

    Reply
    • Fink Ployd

      11 months ago

      Look again. The proper spelling is “outrgithed.”

      The editor may have some regerts about that, however.

      Reply
    • Rsox

      11 months ago

      Pablo Sandoval once outgirthed Boston…

      Reply
  5. Edp007

    11 months ago

    Get Ian Happ then have a keystone combo of Happ Tzu ..! Excuse me

    Reply
  6. bobtillman

    11 months ago

    Fun player, great attitude, do anything for ya; and the glove is borderline excellent, even if the bat is quite a few miles from that. If he makes the team, NY media will love him; even the Boston media liked him, and they don’t like anybody.

    Perfect 26th man. Now that I think of it, a Bucky kind of guy.

    Reply
  7. JC#1

    11 months ago

    Lin is AAA depth while providing excellent defense at 6 different positions.

    If the Mets carry extra pitching and a short bench, Lin would be great because of his excellent defense at so many positions.

    Reply
    • Rsox

      11 months ago

      I’m not sure if they can carry extra pitching or if the 13 pitcher limit that was instituted before the 2020 season will finally be enforced

      Reply
      • JC#1

        11 months ago

        I would assume that MLB will allow more pitchers in the 26-man roster as the 21 day spring training is too short for arms to remain healthy with too heavy of a work load.

        The 60 day season in 2020, and then we have a strike limiting spring training…. I would not be surprised if there are a larger amount of arm injuries this year….

        Reply
  8. Rsox

    11 months ago

    Sox were high on Lin for a while but Arauz jumped ahead of him on the depth chart. He’s a fun little player but will probably never be more than a 26th man/AAA filler

    Reply
    • JC#1

      11 months ago

      Arauz jumped ahead of Lin due to the fact that Lin ran out of options. Arauz can move from Boston to AAA, whereas Lin had to clear waivers.

      Reply
  9. soxshortstop

    11 months ago

    How dare you take frugal meister Chaim Bloom’s player? He was going to put the Bosox over the top and he can play catcher too.

    Reply
  10. Mickey#7

    11 months ago

    get conforto back on the team!!

    Reply
  11. EasternLeagueVeteran

    11 months ago

    Lin-sanity 2.0

    Reply

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