The Mets have designated outfielder Travis Jankowski for assignment, tweets Tim Britton of the Athletic. The move clears an active roster spot for the recently-acquired Tyler Naquin. New York also recalled Sam Clay and Stephen Nogosek, optioned David Peterson to Triple-A Syracuse and confirmed the previously-reported placement of Drew Smith on the 15-day injured list.
Adding Naquin supplanted Jankowski as the left-handed hitting fourth outfielder. New York’s starting outfield of Mark Canha, Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte will continue to assume the bulk of the playing time, but Naquin adds more power to the bench. Jankowski is a lighter-hitting speed and defense specialist, but each of Naquin and Marte is capable of handling center field at times when Nimmo needs a rest.
The Mets signed Jankowski to a minor league contract in Spring Training, and he cracked the Opening Day roster. He lost a good chunk of the year after fracturing a metacarpal in his left hand, and he’s not seen a whole lot of action in Queens. While Jankowski has made his way into 43 games, he’s tallied only 63 plate appearances as a primary pinch-runner or defensive replacement. He’s drawn eight walks against only nine strikeouts, but he’s collected just nine hits (all singles).
Jankowski has never been a power threat, tallying nine homers in a little more than 1200 career plate appearances. His combination of plate discipline, baserunning and ability to cover all three outfield positions has allowed him to spend parts of eight years in the big leagues — primarily in a fourth/fifth outfield capacity. He owns a .236/.320/.311 line as a big leaguer.
New York already created a 40-man roster spot for Naquin last night, but designating Jankowski for assignment was the only way to take him off the active roster. He has more than five years of major league service, giving him the right to refuse an option to the minor leagues. He’ll be traded or waived in the coming days, and he’d be able to elect free agency if he passes through waivers unclaimed.
Needed BP arms. But Peterson probably in trade discussions. LHP who has shown flashes of real success. Gotta give quality to get quality
Wow. Utterly incomprehensible. Jankowski would have been really valuable in the playoffs. Sold out for the power from Naquin again, but what Jankowski has plays more in the playoffs
Hopefully he passes waivers but I really doubt it. Then again, most or all GMs have no idea how to manage a roster most of the time
Nogosek has pitched great in triple a with an era under 1. He deserves a shot. Clay is meh but we need arms. Peterson will be back if hes not traded to start the double header games. Will be interesting to see what progresses between now and tuesday
Clay will go down in a few days when deGrom gets activated. My guess is that they didn’t wanna burn one of Medina’s options for only a couple of days.
Medina should be back and not sent out again.
Peterson has alot of Matz in him. Gets easily rattled when things don’t go cleanly. Maybe he puts it together but he’s a LHP Zach Eflin to me. Shows flashes he can be a reliable winning SP. Then next outing can’t get out of 2nd inning
Look at the one Braves game he pitched. 5th inning. Essentially the entire game was on the line vs Olson. It’s 3-2. Heres the pitch and Olson sends it over the wall for a 2 run HR and Peterson is gone
It’s Mike Pelfrey and Zach Wheeler all over again
Remember Wheelers last start with the Mets? He was pitching a gem until he got to the eighth inning and coughed it up and blew it.
You have to identify those guys and trade them away. You can maybe use Peterson as an opener but does not do well in high leverage situations
Lol. Wheeler has been an absolute stud in his post-Mets career. I don’t understand this analogy. If you’re comparing Peterson to Wheeler because of a bad outing, then the Mets should absolutely keep Peterson
@von Not really. Every Phillies fan mentions how he struggled down the stretch one season. He was the leader in the Cy Young race in August last year and stumbled and finished 2nd
Dont bother replying with a typically incredulous comment like I dont know what Im talking about because Im not going to bother replying to it
Camden must be huffing glue today or something. I haven’t seen so many unjustifiable hot takes in a row in a while.
Again, youre commenter #5008 that doesnt understand whats remotely going on, cant even fathom such a take and have no conception why or where it’s coming from
The few people who know what theyre doing and know how to manage are constantly getting this type of push back from the hordes and hordes of dunces who dont understand whats going on
And if you keep at it eventually they double and triple down with the amount of violence and venom they spew at you
Endlessly reassuring themselves that since they share the same opinions with all the other dunces that they must be the ones in the right, and not the one or two people that actually know better
I cant stress enough that youre yet another common mind that has no idea whats happening in baseball or how to evaluate anything with any depth
He’s been a CY candidate every year he pitched in Philly. He has bad outings every now and then, but fewer pitchers in the league have had more quality outings and pitched as many innings in the last few years. I don’t understand how you can argue numbers clear as day. Good luck to you. Jankowski should be NLMVP this year. He should be the first non-retired player to get voted into the HoF.
did you just put pelfrey and wheeler together? Wheeler who is considered a top pitcher and put them in the same category as Pelfrey and Peterson? Since Wheeler and DeGrom and Scherzer and Kershaw are in the same category of ace type pitchers so you must be putting Peterson with them and thinking Peterson should be considered an ace. Sorry you have to be just trolling at this point.
Yep. Peterson, Wheeler, Harvey, Pelfrey, Familia. All the same losers that will let you down ultimately
Gain a clue at some point
Any good GM trades Harvey when its abundantly clear he cant finish the 5th. Even a fan I heard screaming “It’s the fifth inning! Harveys getting scared!”
Try to figure out whats going on. Peterson is terrible and so is Wheeler. If a guy usually bombs in the MOST important games or moments of the season, even if he won the Cy Young award, you DONT want that guy
Trust me, Showalter knows about Peterson and doesnt want the guy on the roster
“Every Phillies fan mentions how he struggled down the stretch ONE SEASON. He was the leader in the Cy Young race in August last year and stumbled and FINISHED 2nd”
This right here shows me you do not belong anywhere near a front office. So you dont want the number 2 pitcher in baseball on your team because he stumbled one season after only playing less than half a season the year before and only became the 2nd best pitcher in baseball. He has remained consistent and is constantly mentioned with the likes of Degrom, Scherzer, Coles, and Kershaw. Which if you dont want Wheeler you obviously dont want pitchers like him.
Im guessing you would rather roll out the likes of the Lyles, Arrietas, Pivettas, Corbins, and Minors for your team.
Camden453…..he’s not a reliever “genius”
Hopefully Jankowski replaces Zimmer. Very similar bats in that they contribute nothing, but at least he doesn’t strike out 50% of the time.
An improvement on the margins. Something good teams in contention do and something prior Mets teams didn’t do.
Making room for ohtani with this move 🙂
This could be a major move, if Trout has a back injury, LAA needs to sell, especially if Rendon is inactive.
Mets are worse now with the changes theyve made. If they simply had not done anything they probably would be better off
Getting Vogelbach is nice but this Naquin trade and the DFA of Jankwoski and the addition of Diehl is subtraction by addition
Eppler is clearly botching the deadline. This was not a trade for Naquin that was really necessary. Diehl is subtraction by addition
Did you get hit in the head or something?
No, just have more foresight and knowledge, know what makes a better or more winning roster, and most (probably 99%) of other people really have no clue whats happening, and that includes about 97% of the people who are GMs and scouts, etc.
As it’s said, when someone who knows comes into the arena, the dunces are all in confederacy against him
You are talking pure nonsense. You are not some martyr for the truth and you are not more knowledgeable than 97% of GMs. I’ve never seen such unjustifiable, misplaced arrogance. But keep pinning badges on yourself, you just look foolish.
Youre the one causing problems. One of the hordes and hordes of mediocre or below average minds that are constantly aping violently the very few enlightened minds that you encounter out of your ignorance
Just because someone got into the business and became a scout does not mean that person is ever capable of knowing what wins and what doesnt
Hardly any of these people who are GMs or scouts know what wins
“Aping violently”…. This is either some sort of parody, performance art designed to provoke or you need to switch medications. There is no possible way to take anything you are saying here today seriously. How drunk are you right now, on a scale of unicorns to spaceships?
You are hilarious, dude. No clue but thinks he’s a baseball savant. You’re providing barrels-full of laughs today, buddy.
Jankowski was always hurt with the Padres. Flashes of greatness though… If I recall correctly, it was always hand, wrist or arm injuries.
Exactly. But hey, you know, hes hitting .164 over 64 PA this year so hes utter trash to the latest influx of clowns here
Not trash. Not treasure either. Just an average 4th OF with elite speed and a terrible bat.
Jankowski is awful, AAA superstar.
Moving on from a guy with a .200 slugging percentage makes the team better.
There goes goldy locks
Camden started throwing a tantrum about losing Jankowski last night because of his “pinch running value” I was fully expecting to see this meltdown as soon as the Mets made this move official.
If the Marlins had simply signed Jankowski to a two year, $3 millon dollar deal to play CF theyd be around .500 right now.
Jankowski would be hitting about .258 with a .370 OBP (guaranteed) and on pace for around 80 runs scored with gold glove defense at CF.
Instead Jesus Sanchez is hitting .207/.272/.396 for them. With very poor defense in CF. The people in the Marlins front office have no idea what theyre doing
If the Phillies had extended Jankowski which would have been very smart and went with Jankowski instead of Herrera, theyd have at least a 3 win swing right now. The OF defense alone is probably worth 5 wins
In that lineup he would score a ton of runs if they were simply smart enough to bat him ahead of Harper, Schwarber, etc
Guaranteed? Is that a guarantee of EXACTLY .370? Do you see how ridiculous you sound? I’ve seen a lot of nonsense posted here. This is the first time I’ve ever legit questioned a poster’s actual sanity.
@cosmo2 well obviously not exactly .370. somewhere in the .360s. The literalists in here who think they “got you” by pointing out some technical problem with wording are the most ridiculous clowns ive ever met
Whats sad is they think theyre being “rational” by doing this
Walks dont regress much ever. Youre guaranteed to get the same BB rates from Jankowski. If he hits .260, youre guaranteed to get an OBP around .370
Even this year hes hit .162 but with 8 walks and is still on the same BB pace as last year
.370 OBP guaranteed. hahaha. That would be good for 8th in the entire National League, just behind Manny Machado, and would ignore the fact that Jankowski has literally never had a .370 OBP in the majors.
Lol. Now I get it. This is all a joke.
Camden, I have to say, you got me. I thought you were serious with your previous posts but now I get the extreme sarcasm. Funny stuff dude.
@Joe
Yeah, I called him out on his Jankowski fantasy and of course he has no reply. He stated that Jankowski pinch hits, walks, steals and scores. He literally has one stolen base in 68 PH at bats. Jankowski is also only 6-10 stealing bases as a pinch runner.
He also believes that Jankowski would be a GG CF with a .370 OBP if he played regularly. At first I thought he was related or Jankowski himself, but might be planted here to entertain us.
@mook, wow, so much in there that shows theres a lot you dont understand…im not going to get into it or explain it to you or the other buffoons and waste my breath on it
Every common mind cites some stat here and there trying to prove a conclusion which theyve jumped to hastily
A simpleton just thinks, “jankowski .164 jankowski terrible” without fully knowing anything about his hitting approach
There was a TON of interest for Jankowski in the offseason. Hes making 1.25 million for a reason. If anyone is smart, they will claim him. Maybe the Mets will pull him back, unless they are stupid, which probably they are, theyll trade him for cash or nothing
They somehow miraculously were able to sign a very valuable piece in the offseason and just casually DFA’d it away
You make me laugh buddy… Keep up the good work… #jankowski4life
@camden453….is it that you have a little crush on Blondie? Do you miss Syndergaard? Are you pissed that degrom cut his locks? Or more likely are you just trying to get attention…..any kind.
@Camden
You have shown me the way. I think Rizzo sees Jankowski the same way you do. The Mets obviously got Naquin so they can trade Jankowski for Juan Soto straight up. Can you please provide me with more valuable lessons?
I wonder if putting in a claim or trading for cash on jankowski would make sense for the giants -having someone that would be a defensive upgrade could be a good thing for the fumbling bumbling giants
Peterson should be in the rotation over Carrasco at this point. We need a lefty in the rotation. Not to mention that Carrasco has been getting rocked by the good teams (other than one start agaisnt the Padres). Carrasco pitches well vs teams like the Marlins but vs teams like the Astros or Cardinals, we get blownout. I’d trade Carrasco to a contender at this point while you can con other GMs into buying high on him
CC doesn’t have options
Here comes the Phillies claim.
Phillies claim in 3, 2, 1. Blek!!!!!
If I’m Peterson I’d be pissed, he’s had a great year. Considering deGrom is just coming back and Scherzer has had an injury it would make sense to take a few turns of the rotation with a 6 man.
Peterson will likely be up next week to start again. The Mets need fresh pen arms right now. This is strictly a scheduling move. He’ll probably start one of the 5 games against Atlanta coming up
Dombrowski, “Hey Travis we have a spot for you….just give me @45mins…..”
Dombrowski, “Hey Odubal, have some good and bad news for you…..and before you hang up, is Juerys around….?
Dombrowski, “Hey Mark (Appel) pack your bags again kid…this time it’s for good”
And there is still 1 open 40man spot….
I don’t get the hate for Odubel, he’s been a million times better than Castellanos this season and I would rather he be in RF.
Every time I want to defend Herrera he does something stupid like not score on a Schwarber’s hit last night.
Some OF needy team will claim Jank.
Mind boggling how people cant grasp that a gold glove caliber CF with 92nd percentile sprint speed, 98th percentile BB%, and 98th percentile Chase Rate is not something you should DFA
To put this in perspective, Juan Soto has a 100th percentile BB% and 97th percentile Chase Rate. Travis Jankowski is slightly better at laying off pitches than Juan Soto and even without being any power threat at all his BB% is 98th percentile
Lets say he played regularly and upside managed to hit .280. His OBP would be .380. With 92nd percentile sprint speed and gold glove defense not at a corner, but in CF
Why anyone cant see thats 8000 times better to take a flyer on than Odubel Herrera, Nick Senzel, Trent Grisham, and others is utterly mind boggling
I’ll give you credit for being so dedicated to this parody account
@Camden
Now you have him hitting .280 with a .380 OBP? By midnight, you’ll have Jankowski in the Hall of Fame.
Don’t forget the Gold Glove-caliber centerfield defense.
@mook It says “upside”. It’s totally within the realm of possibility that given regular playing time he pushes his average up to .280
Probably more in the .250s, and downside .240
It’s highly unlikely that WITH REGULAR PLAYING TIME he hits below .240
If youll notice, in the seasons where he gets regular at bats, he hit .245 (2016), .259 (2018), and .252 (2021)
Based on that better data you can safely conclude he’ll probably hit .250 to .270 range given regular playing time
As hes aged his BB rates have naturally gone up. Any team can conclude that if they had Jankowski starting regularly he’d hit around .260 with a .370 OBP
Thats REALLY good, especially with 92 sprint speed and gold glove level defense at CF
@Camden
See, you can rationally state your theory without insulting other people. I still don’t agree, but I can follow your thinking.
That being said, Jankowski will only be a role player and you stated yourself that he hasn’t done well in that role multiple seasons. I already pointed out that he hasn’t done what you claim as a PH or a PR. His only contribution has been running the bases well and good defense. With a DH and a 4 man bench, that’s not enough.
forget trading for juan soto … travis jankowski 2022 will carry you to the world series .. Mets should demand volpe, peraza, judge, cortez jr, trevino, and clay holmes just to discuss trading for jank. He will walk you into the world series.
Couldn’t hit as padre still can’t
You’re going to get Camden started again.
Jankowski’s career AAA #’s: .322/.414/.389…utterly otherworldly OBP
This from a former 44th overall pick with 92 sprint speed who plays CF
Nobody stops to think that maybe going to Jankowski is a better idea than Nick Senzel or Odubel Herrera
@padreforlife
Told you
@mookie: I did a little digging on Jankowski and I’m going to narrow it down to Camden grew up in Lancaster, PA or attended Lancaster Catholic High School or Stony Brook University with Jankowski. If not we are in fact talking to one of his siblings, Tyler or Mandy. C’mon Mandy, the gig is up. We got you. Haha.. I will admit though I respect his passion for one of his favorite players. When I was younger, I would try to convince everybody that Leon Joseph Roberts better known as Bip Roberts was a first ballot HOF’er in the makings.
@Joe
Bip Roberts was excellent early, and had a nice career. It was Lee Mazzilli for me. I actually graduated from Stony Brook in 93.
lmao, this is the most I’ve laughed in one of these comments sections in a long time. Bravo, Camden.
Buck put Peterson out there to show front office they need to get a quality LH reliever. He didn’t trust Joely for good reasons. Buck hoped & prayed he’d hold the lead. I knew when Peterson was walking in from bullpen he’d blow it but not that fast. The atmosphere was too much for him. Sam Clay is not the answer. They have 3 days to make a deal. Tigers have Soto & Chafin & our friend Loup who they never should’ve let leave.
Ooohhh, kinda don’t like this move. Travis provided a real skill set essential to winning close games, as in post season contests.
Defense, bunting, ghost runner in tie games…sorry to see him go. I’m surprised there wasn’t some fringe pitcher on the 40 man they couldn’t jettison.