Mets Sign RHP Dale Thayer

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• Harry C February 9, 2011 at 9:01 am

  Does every minor league sign have to be a headline? every team signs a bunch of minor league guys to fill rosters.
  • Donal February 9, 2011 at 9:50 am

    Its a blog dedicated to the Mets and its February.
  • METS62FAN February 9, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Harry, this way at least u’ll know who TC is playing this ST &Z it’d not just the esult of holding OPEN TRYOUTS aka cattlecalls. No, sometimes it’s the insignificant decisions that come to pay suprising dividends, I don’t know this player from my Aunt’s cat; but I welcome him to try to help
• Bayonne Mets Fan February 9, 2011 at 9:16 am

  Why did the Mets sign this guy and let Elmer go?
  • Hitman February 9, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    Maybe because he has lively pitches in his arsenal than Dessens?

    “He’s been a relief pitcher his entire minor league career, acting mostly as a closer. They say he has a quick fastball that lives around 92 mph, and which moves around the zone a lot. He complements it with a nice slider and curve ball and occasional change up.”
  • METS62FAN February 9, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Bauyonne, I believe it’s only logical to consider Dessens has more than likely reached his expiration date as a warehoused alternative/emergenvy player. I for one welcome the extinction of the “40 yr old” reclaimation project from the Mets’ roster, as I type this Dickey is the oldest rostered player under Alderson, next is Castillo & somehow I don’t have a problem considering MLB baseball a younger man’s pursuit. I believe Elmer is probably a peer of Thole’s father & that battery picture suffers the more it develops into view even if AAA is no longer an actual “development” level in today’s sport, As a warehouse for needed spare parts it cetainly behooves us to maintain an inventory less likely to be gassed come late September emergencies. While Dessens valiently contibuted as best he could, investing even a limited asset like room on the AAA shelf was an earmark of previous regimes. Bayonne, it’s time to be
    OUT WITH THE OLD & EMBRACING THE NEW!
    There’s a fresh breeze blowing, my friend!
• Cutnpaste: – Scouting, Kevin McReynolds, Dale Thayer, Chris Capuano, and Pujois Deadline « Mack Ade February 10, 2011 at 3:21 am

  [...] Dale Thayer: Jon Morosi of FOX Sports is reporting via Twitter, that the New York Mets have signed RHP Dale Thayer to a minor league contract. Thayer, 30, has parts of two major league seasons under his belt, both with the Tampa Bay Rays. He has appeared in just 12 games totaling 15.2 innings pitched in which he allowed 25 hits and 13 runs giving him a career 7.47 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP. In 204 Triple-A innings Thayer has a 2.84 ERA and 1.36 WHIP. http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/02/mets-sign-rhp-dale-thayer.html?tm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MetsMerizedOnline-GetMetsmerized-NewYorkMets+%28Mets+Merized+Online%29&utm_content=Twitter    [...]